400 Years of Servitude
Poet Oumar Farouk Sesay’s latest collection of poems titled, ‘400 years of servitude’ is a superb reflection on race relations. Poem after poem, the poet mourns the dehumanisation of man…
APPRECIATION OF SONG OF THE WOMEN OF MY LAND – Elizabeth L.A. Kamara
Oumar Farouk Sesay’s “ The Song of the Women of my Land” Sesay’s “Song of the Women of my Land’’ examines the human condition, the suffering of women, oppression,…
APPRECIATION OF SONG OF THE WOMEN OF MY LAND
“The Song of the Women of my Land” By Oumar Farouk Sesay Content Analysis: Dr. Philip Foday Yamba Thulla Like Parting Ways with Words, ‘The Song of the Women of…
THE SONG OF THE WOMEN OF MY LAND
By Oumar Farouk Sesay Like a sculptor chipping away at bits of wood, Time chisels away bits of their memory It strips away lyrics of the song of the women…
Before the Twisted Rib
About the PoemsEvery so often one encounters poems that speak to the wrath of memory. Oumar Farouk Sesay catalogues the bitter sinkers of his pain. From bone to blood, verse…
The Edge of a Cry
The title of this volume is, in many ways, a misleading one, as what is offered is vastly more than a cry by a poet consumed with issues of such…
Salute to the Remains of a Peasant
A Collection of Poems The poet was born in Masingbi in the Tonkolili District in the north of Sierra Leone. He attended the United Pentecostal Mission School and Magburaka Government…
Broken Metaphor
“Broken Metaphor” reminds of women who cry beautifully during funerals, communing with the lyrics of their souls the tragic dispositions of the human condition. The poems encapsulate the sad and…
The Poetics of Resilence
My Country Sierra Leone is not just about the iconic images of inhumanity, of chopping hands, entombing wombs, of blood diamonds beamed in your homes in the 90, we were…