Forest Echoes
About this book
Forest Echoes is a literary quilt revealing a mature poet bestriding generations as he patches together a people's culture, their philosophy, history, along with their attendant woes into a subtle, sometimes disillusioning even, yet purposeful and poignant whole. Nol Alembong is not afraid to be himself in this work: a scholar, teacher, parent, traditionalist and, above all, an Anglophone-Cameroonian. Whatever the case, these are magisterial and equally influential individual traits that have merged into a united whole in forging this poet's identity and concerns as evident from the thematic panorama of the poems. In "Forest Echoes", the title poem, for example, one encounters a poet who, though steeped in his people's struggles, has been able to stand back, watch and evaluate the effects of the interactions of time, events, and society. It is this ability of his, as an involved yet detached observer, along with the trend of events that have scarred his people's lives, which have yielded the powerful emotions that he has assembled in this thematically lush, historically nostalgic, and overwhelmingly evocative collection." - Dr. Emmanuel Fru Doh
Frequently asked questions
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Information
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Beginning
- Forest
- Forest Echoes
- The Crossing
- Living East of the Mungo
- Remembering February 11, 1961
- The Democrat and His Fans
- The Sin to Glory
- The New Prophets
- The Plague
- Tears
- Sleepwalking
- The Aerial Tour
- Bamenda
- Harvest Reports
- Tug-of-war
- Harvest Thanksgiving
- Of Good and Bad Dogs
- Saturday Nights off Campus
- Asumpta
- Lebialem
- Bangwa Tiger
- To an Ambazonian Warrior
- To You, Florence
- Cycles
- Bridging the Atlantic
- Speaking
- Favourite Name
- Song of Awambeh
- Tekwombuo
- Anqwa
- The Celebration
- Hunting
- Tell Me
- Who Knows?
- Green Call
- Hawks
- The Mosquito and Us
- The Clap
- Revelation
- Glossary
- Back cover
