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A Stranger's Pose by Abraham Oghobase, Emeka Okereke, Adeola Olagunju, Oumar Ly, Siaka Traore, Jide Odukoya, Michael Tsegaye, Dawit L. Petros, Teju Cole, Emmanuel Iduma, Eric Gottesman
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Remembering is not a mere act of will.- Emmanuel
Each chapter is a snapshot, an experience, experiment and a questioning as our narrator moves between place and space, meeting old friends, acquaintances and making new connections as he goes from city to village to town in these nations.
Although Iduma uses poems and photographs to convey his travels, there is almost an academic interest that outweighs the personal. Almost as if he is examining what his presence brings or how it changes his surroundings. As I read, I cannot help but see the direct terseness of some statements and observations, as well as the poetic flow and meaning of others.
However, threaded throughout is a richness of people and interactions that he comes across and that prod memories and reflections.
Definitely an interesting read and melding of prose, poetry, and pictures.
-The ocean is the world, without partition and division, only depth and expanse.-
Each chapter is a snapshot, an experience, experiment and a questioning as our narrator moves between place and space, meeting old friends, acquaintances and making new connections as he goes from city to village to town in these nations.
Although Iduma uses poems and photographs to convey his travels, there is almost an academic interest that outweighs the personal. Almost as if he is examining what his presence brings or how it changes his surroundings. As I read, I cannot help but see the direct terseness of some statements and observations, as well as the poetic flow and meaning of others.
However, threaded throughout is a richness of people and interactions that he comes across and that prod memories and reflections.
Definitely an interesting read and melding of prose, poetry, and pictures.
-The ocean is the world, without partition and division, only depth and expanse.-