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Of the Deepest Shadows and the Prisons of Fire
Author(s): Chimalum Nwankwo (Author)
- Publisher: African Heritage Press,US
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 198 pages
- ISBN-10: 0979085829
- ISBN-13: 9780979085826
Book Description
Of the Deepest Shadows and The Prisons of Fire is a literary canvas of leaders who have affected humanity in very serious and unquestionable ways. The core of this artistic engagement is the destiny of the black world. There are tangential departures into territories with crises the world cannot afford to ignore. The poet visits each leader, living or dead, with equal passion. His curious brush is delicate, ecstatic, melancholic or even celebratory depending on what image or circumstance he pans into view. This corpus comes with the characteristic anguish and tenderness of a very sensitive and caring mind…
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About the Author
Born in Anambra State, Nigeria, Chimalum Nwankwo was educated in Nigeria and the United States of America. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas. Austin, and a currently a Profesor of English at North Carlina A&T State University. Greensboro, His other publications inclide the following poetry collections: Feet of the limping Dancers (1997). Toward the Aerial Zone (1988). Voices from published a critical study: Toward the kingdom of Woman and Man. The Works of Ngugi wa Thiongo (1992). and the Trumpet Parable a play. 1988. In 1988 and 2002 Professor Nwankwo won the Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize and in the year 2001. he was awarded the senior Fulbright Fellowship for scholarly resarch and teaching in Nigeria.
