Carrying Knowledge Up a Palm Tree: Poetry - Softcover

Liyong, Taban Lo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865435944 ISBN 13: 9780865435940

Publisher: Africa World Pr, 1998

Synopsis

This is an anthology of poems by Sudanese-born prolific writer and literary scholar, Taban lo Liyong. In the anthology lo Liyong focuses on wide ranging contemporary issues and subjects, drawing on his wealth of experience both as a seasoned intellectual and a discerning observer of the developments which have unfolded on the African continent in the last half century.

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About the Author:

Taban lo Liyong was born in the Sudan and raised in Uganda. He was educated at Howard University, Honors Program, and is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. A prolific writer of poetry, fiction and literary and cultural criticism, Taban lo Liyong has the wide and deep educational background and sharp intellect to see clearly and comment succinctly on what has been going on in Africa within the last 50 years. His periods of teaching in international universities in Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Japan and currently the University of Venda, South Africa, have given him a unique opportunity to put African developments in their historical and contemporary world context. Of his poetry, lo Liyong says, "the period of introspection has arrived; personal introspection, communal introspection. Only through introspection can we appraise ourselves more exactly"

About this edition

• Publisher: Africa World Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0865435944
• ISBN 13: 9780865435940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100