A Is for Acholi by Okot Bitek

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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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ISBN
9781989496558
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wolsak & Wynns Publishers, The Limited
ISBN-10
1989496555
ISBN-13
9781989496558
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23057292743

Product Key Features

Book Title
Is for Acholi
Number of Pages
104 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Canadian, Subjects & Themes / Family, African
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Poetry
Author
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
6.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-388314
TitleLeading
A
Reviews
It is a rebuke to those who would silence or erase Black experience or history and a defiant declaration that, as Okot Bitek writes in 'Postscriptum,' 'the only books that remain are those in our tongue.'
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
811/.6
Synopsis
A is for Acholi is a sweeping collection exploring diaspora, the marginalization of the Acholi people, the dusty streets of Nairobi and the cold grey of Vancouver. Playfully upending English and scholarly notation Otoniya J. Okot Bitek rearranges the alphabet, hides poems in footnotes and slips stories into superscripts. The poet opens ways of rethinking history as she rewrites both the 1862 contact of the Acholi people with the British and the racist texts of Joseph Conrad, while also searching for a way to live on lands that are fraught with the legacies of colonization, similar to her ancestral homeland. With writing that is lyric, layered and deeply felt, the poems in A is for Acholi unfold maps of history, culture and identity, tracing a route to a present where the poet dreams of writing a world without empire., A is for Acholi is a sweeping collection exploring diaspora, the marginalization of the Acholi people, the dusty streets of Nairobi and the cold grey of Vancouver. Playfully upending English and scholarly notation Otoniya J. Okot Bitek rearranges the alphabet, hides poems in footnotes and slips stories into superscripts.
LC Classification Number
PN6110.B67A66 2022

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