Nemeso – a four eyed man–lived in southeastern Zimbabwe in the mid-17th century. Stories about him are widely known by the Duma in southeastern…
In Nzarayapera’s village, famine and hunger strike as rain could not fall. The sky remains blue with scorching heat that leaves no creature desiring…
This volume powerfully conveys the pilgrimage of a singular spirit through adversity, equanimity, immanence and eventually, transcendence. It grapples with a range of emotions,…
In Cameroon life isn’t only like living in limbo, it is like living in the very centre of a hellish junkyard where dreams are…
Do we live inside the breasts of our mothers? In the mind and hearts of two women, indeed at their breasts a nation lives.…
These traveler’s impressions across cultural and psychological spaces portray the two sides of this coin called life, oftentimes belligerent toward each other. In casting…
Mungongoh intends to establish a useful relationship with Earth. But the people of Mungongoh are distrustful of earthlings. The earthlings have an abusive life…
This crowning collection brings together seven of Bole Butake’s finest plays since 1984, namely: Dance of the Vampires; Family Saga; Lake God; Betrothal Without…
In this carefully thought-through anthology, Bole Butake brings Cameroonian poets of different generations, gender, regions, backgrounds and interests into conversation not only among themselves…
The poems in this collection are adequate, with great lines. The rhythm is stimulating to all the five senses thanks to the use of…