Teardrops on the Weser
by Amatoritsero Ede
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A masterful evocation of past wrongs through the lens of a seductively peaceful present. Amatoritsero Ede's meditative voice seduces us into a voyeuristic trance on a German river bank. Until we are suddenly awakened to the realisation that the "teardrops" are not for the Weser but for the burden of history carried all the way to Africa and beyond. A compelling read.
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Author Biography
Amatoritsero Ede is an international award-winning poet born in Nigeria. He has published three highly acclaimed poetry collections, A writers Pains & Caribbean Blues (1998), Globetrotter & Hitler's Children (2009) and Teardrops on the Weser (2021). The first collection won the 1998 All Africa Okigbo Prize for Literature and the second was nominated for the Nigerian Literature Prize in 2013. A widely anthologized poet, Ede also won second prize in the First May Ayim Award: International Black German Prize in 2004. He is literary scholar and Assistant Professor of English at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick as well as the Publisher and Managing Editor of the Maple Tree Literary Supplement.
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- Publisher/Imprint Griots Lounge Publishing / Griots Lounge
- Publication Date May 2021
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781777275693
- Publication Country or regionCanada
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 16.02 USD
- Pages66
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language Titleeng
- Original Language Authorseng
- Copyright Year2021
- Dimensions9x6 inches
