Description
Poetry. Drama. Atlantic world epic, seminally in the genre of Pablo Neruda and Aimé Césaire. Trilingual Edition (English, French, and Spanish).
"The poet ploughs, seminates and gleans in the social landscape in a journey of collective self-discovery, the work assumes an epic quality"—Howard A. Fergus
Author Bio
Lasana M. Sekou is a St. Martin, Caribbean author of poetry, monologues, short stories, and essays. Reviewers have compared Sekou's poetry to the works of Aimé Césaire, Oswald Mtshali, Kamau Brathwaite, Dylan Thomas, e.e. cummings, and Linton Kwesi Johnson. His NATIVITY, THE SALT REAPER, 37 POEMS, LOVE SONGS MAKE YOU CRY and BROTHERHOOD OF THE SPURS, all published by House of Nehesi, have been required reading at Caribbean, North American, and European universities. Sekou has performed his poetry throughout the Caribbean, USA, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Turkish, and Chinese. Sekou is an advocate for the independence of St. Martin, a colony of France and the Netherlands. BOOK OF THE DEAD (House of Nehesi, 2016) and HURRICANE PROTOCOL (House of Nehesi, 2019) are his newest collections.
Author City: St. Martin NAN