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“On the whole, this book is a triumph for the author and The Poetry Series by KITARA NATION. The lexical arrangements uplift its rhythm with a triumph of apostrophic repetition that is typical of Kitara’s style (For the mood has changed/And the boys have changed/ And the girls have changed/ And the boss has changed). Each part of the book (which is accompanied by illustrations) is heightened to the echo chamber of history. Oh yes, these words will ring through time.”
– Phillip Matogo, poet, author, critic.
“What power you have
In the palms of your hands!
What majesty you wear
As you walk the streets
Of citizens enslaved and enchanted
By your handshakes and speech!
Whisper your fears
For walls have ears–
Whose life ends
Before it is
Lived;
Whose laughter is squashed
before it is
Laughed;
But you strut like cocks
Colour your tongues like peacocks
Creators of universal
Harmony and chaos
Until the gods look down
And seeing smaller versions of themselves,
Cut them to size.”
——
Itah Patience Mbekhi has a B.A Education (Literature and English) from Kyambogo University, and an M.A in Literature from Makerere University. She is currently a teacher and Assistant Head of Department English and English Literature at King’s College, Budo. She is a wife, a mother and a mentor. Patience enjoys reciting, reading and writing poetry. She has contributed to newspaper The Monitor as a columnist and has had her poems recited at the Uganda National Theatre. This is her first Published poetry collection.
ISBN: 9-798654-867797
Format: Paperback & Kindle Version
Language: English, Luganda
Number Of Pages: 59
Published: 2020
Publisher: Kitara Nation
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“No speaking Vernacular was beautifully performed; humourous, witty, revealing. I thought the play clearly brought out the shortcomings of an education system that wholly demonizes the use of native languages in schools. No Speaking Vernacular pits Mr. Full stop, the John Speke High School Headteacher against Dambya, (Nsubuga Muhammad) a renegade vernacular speaker. Dambya’s sin is using the Luganda word ‘gwe’ which Mr Full stop considers an unforgivable breach of Article 23 of the school Regulations.
In punishment, Dambya suffers the minimum punishment prescribed by the regulations. He is caned. He is forced to wear old sisal sackcloth, a bone around his neck, and a placard bearing the words: “I am stupid. I speak Vernacular.”
– Herbert Okello Andrew, Lawyer, teacher.
“The young writers have vehemently demonstrated their frustrations, puzzles and hopes in a society with adults swallowed in know-it-all snobbery. The poetic arrows in this poetry collection declare war on societal silence on things that matter most and draw lines to proper order of the ideal society, a society in which they would love to dwell now as children and tomorrow as adults. It is a reflective collection of thoughts with thousands of options of solutions to our fears. It is work you wouldn’t abandon to dust.”
-Kened. B. Ngiise iii, teacher, poet/writer.
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