Passion Waves

Literature & Fiction

Ifi Amadiume

Poetry

Karnak House

<p>”This fine collection of poetry on love, nature and Sufism bursts forth with pure humanity and elegance of language. Dominated by the presence of beautiful, dignified womanhood that is tough but loving, giving and grateful, the poems peel off layers of time to reveal memories that refuse to dissipate. A celebratory voice singing the beauty of fall colors and the magic of Africa's star-studded sky and enchanted moonlit night is interlaced with a strong, unyielding moral voice that speaks against the injustice and bullying of the powerful, and the pillage and greed of empire. Amadiume's beautiful, moving, and well-crafted collection returns to nature what belongs to it--simplicity; and reminds humanity of what it has lost--the love that is divine. ‘Love is Great!’” --Obioma Nnaemeka, Indiana University “Ifi Amadiume’s Circles of Love speaks with passion of love gained, love lost, love desired. These are poems which embrace the pains and joys of exile--memory, sweetness, history and a sense of peace with the landscapes of home wherever these may be.” --Carole Boyce Davis, Florida International University "Love is a many splendored thing and Ifi Amadiume spins the wonder of love in circles of memory, humor, joy and even political satire with a lyrical and often intimate voice that describes family, friends and special places. Here are poems you will want to read and remember." --Nagueyalti Warren, Emory University</p>

Circles of Love (Poems)

Africa World Press, Inc.

This new collection contains poems written intermittently from the 1980s to the present, celebrating activism and activists, known and unknown, women and men, and the spirit of struggle. Some were assassinated, while some are still alive and some have since passed away. They all have left behind a strong legacy of their commitment and courage. Whether soft or sharp, Ifi s voice is always clear, illuminating, and inspiring. --Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University In this new anthology, soon after the publication of her evocative Circles of Love, Ifi Amadiume ranges almost effortlessly across a multitudinary landscape of ideas that reminisces on, celebrates and interrogates some of the most pressing political and cultural issues of our time. Exquisite. --Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, historian, political scientist, critic "Ifi's poems speak of an African humanity, commitment to struggle, praise of African activists both living and those who have fallen, the suffering of war, poverty, underdevelpment inflicted on people, and nature's mysteries. Her voice is draped in human warmth driven by love, a rage motivated by demand for justice for the wretched of the earth, stinging irony, sadness, pain and that recognisable African sense of integrity and dignity." --Ama Biney, scholar-activist, Manager and Lecturer in African & Caribbean Studies, Further Education College, West London

Voices Draped in Black, poems

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