In this collection, Doh straddles the Atlantic with voices that doubt, question, and lament the black predicament; voices that evoke the wisdom of Africas cultural values in a manner reminiscent of the continents orality. Like the echoing of the talking drums in the forests and the savannahs, these voices acknowledge the challenges and vexing truths of the hour: the plight of a people that have been buffeted repeatedly by waves of invasion, deceit, and betrayals, yet against which onslaught they remain standing, frighteningly tall in dignity and integrity.
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In The Color Of My Skin: Poems
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- LAMENT OF A BUSH-FALLER
- DREAMLAND
- AFRICA SPEAKS
- I KNOW THAT RIVER
- IN THE COLOR OF MY SKIN
- FREEDOM
- THE PORTRAIT OF FREEDOM
- CHANCES
- THIS BURDEN
- A JOURNAL IN TIME
- FAILING VALUES
- THIS CIVILIZATION
- “THE FIRST WORLD”
- APPEARANCES
- LAZARUS
- LIKE BLACK FOLKS DO
- AMIDST THE CIVILIZED
- RAIDS AND BRAIDS
- BE LIKE FIRE ANTS
- TAKING CHANCES AND TALKING FREEDOM
- FOR YOU MR. PRESIDENT (2015)
- SO MUCH ADO ABOUT FREEDOM
- THAT THING YOU DO
- BLOOD!
- THE BLACK BURDEN
- CONVERSATION WITH A COP FRIEND
- DEMOCRACY
- THIS CIVILIZATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES
- THE ECLIPSE
- YOU AND ME
- ILLUSIONS
- THE SHAME OF FREEDOM
- THE FARMER
- SOCIAL CARNIVORES
- WAITING TO BE SERVED
- THE AFTERMATH
- THOUGHTS OF THE WOURI BY THE MISSISSIPI
- THE MISSING LINK
- THE AFRICAN FAMILY IN THE DIASPORA
- A HUSBAND’S LAMENT IN THE DIASPORA
- WORDS TO A BLACK BOY
- ON JUDGING LIVES
- EVOLUTION
- AFRICA LOOKS BACK
- SETTING SAIL
- CHILDREN OF DIOSPYROS
- RIDDLES
- MANDELA’S MESSAGE
- Back cover
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