The Year of Fire
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The Year of Fire is a poetry collection that captures a season of profound uncertainty, rage, and restless reflection. Through 26 poems, Femi Morgan explores anxiety and anger within both national and cosmopolitan Nigerian spaces, weaving together themes of suburban life, poor governance, dictatorship, and violence.
The collection blends oralist and modernist styles to deliver verses that are bold, clear, and tangible. It moves from deeply personal reflections to vivid depictions of suffering under corrupt leadership. Notably, the book is rooted in the specific context of 2020, with poems resonating with the COVID-19 lockdown and the END SARS protests. The second section, "Cosmopolitan angst," focuses on Lagos, particularly the Oshodi neighbourhood.
Ultimately, it is a poetry of lamentations, anger, and defiant resilience, forming itself around (re)negotiations of the self and space.
he Year of Fire is a poetry collection that captures a season of profound uncertainty , rage, and restless reflection. Through 26 poems, Femi Morgan explores anxiety and anger within both national and cosmopolitan Nigerian spaces, weaving together themes of suburban life, poor governance, dictatorship, and violence.
The collection blends oralist and modernist styles to deliver verses that are bold, clear, and tangible. it moves from deeply personal reflections to vivid depictions of suffering under corrupt leadership
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The Year of Fire is a poetry collection that captures a season of profound uncertainty, rage, and restless reflection. Through 26 poems, Femi Morgan explores anxiety and anger within both national and cosmopolitan Nigerian spaces, weaving together themes of suburban life, poor governance, dictatorship, and violence.
The collection blends oralist and modernist styles to deliver verses that are bold, clear, and tangible. It moves from deeply personal reflections to vivid depictions of suffering under corrupt leadership. Notably, the book is rooted in the specific context of 2020, with poems resonating with the COVID-19 lockdown and the END SARS protests. The second section, "Cosmopolitan angst," focuses on Lagos, particularly the Oshodi neighbourhood.
Ultimately, it is a poetry of lamentations, anger, and defiant resilience, forming itself around (re)negotiations of the self and space.
he Year of Fire is a poetry collection that captures a season of profound uncertainty , rage, and restless reflection. Through 26 poems, Femi Morgan explores anxiety and anger within both national and cosmopolitan Nigerian spaces, weaving together themes of suburban life, poor governance, dictatorship, and violence.
The collection blends oralist and modernist styles to deliver verses that are bold, clear, and tangible. it moves from deeply personal reflections to vivid depictions of suffering under corrupt leadership
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