Breaking the Silence: Anthology of Liberian Poetry
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Book
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Description
Named a Notable African Book of 2023 by Brittle Paper Breaking the Silence is the first comprehensive collection of literature from Liberia since before the nation's independence. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley has gathered work from the 1800s to the present, including poets and emerging young writers exploring contemporary literary traditions with African and African diaspora poetry that transcends borders. In this collection, Liberia's founding settlers wrestle with their identity as African free slaves in the homeland from which their ancestors were captured, and writers of the early twentieth and twenty-first centuries find themselves navigating a landscape at odds with itself. From poets of Liberia's past to young writers of the present, the contributors to this volume celebrate the beauty of their nation while mourning the devastation of a long, bloody civil war.
Call number in WMU's library
PR9384.6 .B74 2023 (Waldo Library WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
9781496233066
Publication Date
2023
Disciplines
African Languages and Societies | Poetry
Recommended Citation
Jabbeh Wesley, Patricia, "Breaking the Silence: Anthology of Liberian Poetry" (2023). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 880.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/880
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Patricia Jabbeh Wesley editor.