Bites of Insanity
About this book
In this collection of poems Nsah Mala casts a critical compassionate gaze at the predicaments in the lives of present day Cameroonians. The poet lambasts power abuse in Cameroon and Africa. He decries the lost glory of traditional values sacrificed at the altar of ingratiation and materialism. Insalubrities are condemned, ignorance and its ramifications satirised, and wanton destruction of the environment indicted. With a fascinating richness of imagery, Mala conveys the disillusionment, bitterness and traumas of ordinary Cameroonians young and old debased with impunity by the lethal and sterile grip on power of the high and might. The moral depravity and human frailties mused about in this exceptionally compelling collection have no room in Malas paradise of Cameroon.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Foreword
- When the poet philosophizes and advisesā¦
- When the poet peeps on state matters and observes politicsā¦
- When the poet puts on traditional regalia and plays ancestral musicā¦
- When the poet remembers people in society for diverse reasonsā¦
- When the poet sings to motivate and venerates his Musesā¦
- When the poet nauseates as decency, morality and dignity are slaughteredā¦
- When the poets laments social decay, reckless accidents and deathsā¦
- When the poet decries the desecration of hygiene/sanitation and environmentā¦
- When the poet bemoans Manās distortion of the ecological balanceā¦
- When the poet fires ink and papers against mosquitoes and disease sourcesā¦
- Back cover