Kingdom of Gravity by Nick Makoha
In direct narrative terms the poems in this collection relate to the horrors of the civil war that ousted the brutal tyranny of Idi Amin in Uganda, a war of liberation that brought its own barbarous atrocities. In political terms the poems chart the impact of imperialism and neo-colonialism that lay behind those traumas in the life of the nation. In personal terms, the poems are framed between the contrary pulls of attachment and flight, exile and longing. At their heart is an unwavering curiosity about how people behave in extreme situations, and what this reveals about our common human capacities to indulge grandiose visions, betray them, dissemble, seek revenge and kill.
Nick Makoha is the winner of the Brunel University African Poetry Prize 2015. His second pamphlet, The Second Republic, was published in the African Poetry Book Fund's Seven New Generation African Poets series. He toured the UK with his solo show My Father & Other Superheroes. Nick Makoha fled Uganda, because of the civil war during the Idi Amin dictatorship. He has lived in Kenya, Saudi Arabia and currently resides in London. He represented Uganda at Poetry Parnassus as part of the Cultural Olympiad held in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845233334 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845233336 |
| Title | Kingdom of Gravity |
| Author | Nick Makoha |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Peepal Tree Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 72 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection 2017 (UK) |
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