Origins of the Syma Species (African Poetry Book)

by: Tares Oburumu(Author),Kwame Dawes(Author)

Publisher: Nebraska

Publication Date: 1 Mar. 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 58 pages

ISBN-10: 1496237021

ISBN-13: 9781496237026

Book Description

Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Tares Oburumu’s collection is a brief history of where he came from:Syma, a neglected oil-producing region of Nigeria. After growing up with a single mother in the creek- and brook-marked region, and himself now a single parent, Oburumu examines single parenthood and how love defines family circles. Mixing music, religion, and political critique, Origins of the Syma Species evokes pasts and futures. Inspired by the relative chaos found in the origin of things, Oburumu’s poems explore how the beauty of chaos binds us to our ancestral roots. In his poems Oburumu identifies with anyone who is a single parent or is dealing with the lonely trauma of a broken home. His poems instill hopefulness in a world that has the means to throw many into poverty and agony.

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