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The January Children depicts displacement and longing while also questioning accepted truths about geography, history, nationhood, and home. The poems mythologize family histories until they break open, using them to explore aspects of Sudan's history of colonial occupation, dictatorship, and diaspora. Several of the poems speak to the late Egyptian singer Abdelhalim Hafez, who addressed many of his songs to the asmarani--an Arabic term of endearment...
4) Mummy eaters
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"Following in the footsteps of an imagined ancestor, one of the daughters of the house of Akhenaten in the Eighteenth Dynasty, Egypt, Sherry Shenoda forges an imagined path through her ancestor's mummification and journey to the afterlife"--
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Spanning more than six decades of Sudan's post-independence history, Modern Sudanese Poetry features around 60 pieces by some of Sudan's most renowned poets--Provided by publisher.
"Spanning more than six decades of Sudan's post-independence history, this collection features work by some of Sudan's most renowned modern poets, largely unknown in the United States. Adil Babikir's extensive introduction provides a conceptual framework to help the English...
7) 'mamaseko
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"'Mamaseko, named after the poet's mother, is a collection of introspective lyrics and other poems dealing with the intersections of blood relationships and related identities"--