There is no home. We will die unnamed buried in unmarked graveyards of broken dreams. And so, we pray for ourselves and our children. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: I give thee unto the grace of the waters of the lord as you sail on … Continue reading Two Ts in the Heart of Things
Despair
Returns and Dislocation
“The motif of the African “been-to” as a failed bohemian “revolutionary” appeared earlier in Armah’s Fragments. We remember that in this novel, Baako, unlike other “been-tos” returned home wearing jeans, and carrying a guitar and a typewriter as sole luggage. Right from the beginning, he isolated himself from his community, which reproached him the fact … Continue reading Returns and Dislocation
Adrift Movement; The Dark Light of Children of Hope
Amongst the skies, it was once often rumoured that at the passing of darkness, a tiny, bright – but dark – luminous spark, hidden deep in the belly of the night, would swell into a giant light as it consumed its own surrounding darkness to greet the new day. The day was always harsh and … Continue reading Adrift Movement; The Dark Light of Children of Hope
Simon Rakei 