Beating the Graves
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Beating the Graves

  1. 96 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Beating the Graves

About this book

The poems in Tsitsi Ella Jaji's Beating the Graves meditate on the meaning of living in diaspora, an experience increasingly common among contemporary Zimbabweans. Vivid evocations of the landscape of Zimbabwe filter critiques of contemporary political conditions and ecological challenges, veiled in the multiple meanings of poetic metaphor. Many poems explore the genre of praise poetry, whichin Shona cultureis a form of social currency for greeting elders and peers with a recitation of the characteristics of one's clan. Others reflect on how diasporic life shapes family relations. The praise songs in this volume pay particular homage to the powerful women and gender-queer ancestors of the poet'slineage and thought. Honoring influences ranging from Caribbean literature to classical music and engaging metaphors from rural Zimbabwe to the post-steel economy of Youngstown, Ohio, Jaji articulates her own ars poetica. These words revel in the utter ordinariness of living globally, of writing in the presence of all the languages of the world, at home everywhere, and never at rest.

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Information

Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780803299603
eBook ISBN
9781496200112
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
African Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Ankestral.
  7. Drought
  8. The Book of VaNyemba
  9. Praise Song for Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
  10. Song of Yobe
  11. To Praise the Hornbill
  12. Deep English
  13. Botanical.
  14. The Go-Betweens
  15. Family Trees.
  16. Vindication
  17. Holy Departure (A Berceuse)
  18. Dust to Dust
  19. Document for U.S. Citizens Who Have Never Applied for a Visa and Have Had It Up to Here with Those Loud Aliens Who Go On and On about Some Letter
  20. Blunt Balm
  21. Matobo Hills
  22. Philosophical Investigations
  23. Limpopo Blues
  24. Wait Until the Leader Clears the Lunar
  25. A Prelude to a Kiss
  26. My Funny Valentine
  27. Small Consolation
  28. Our Embrace
  29. Carnaval.
  30. Carnaval: A Suite
  31. Liturgy
  32. To Bless the Memory of Tamir Rice
  33. Acknowledgments
  34. Notes