Ase Obotindiaro bw'Oborimo - On the Podium of Lies - Okemwa, Christopher
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Ase Obotindiaro Bw'Oborimo (On the Podium of Lies) is a bilingual collection of poems that tackles current issues in Kenya, such as Politics and politicians, Politics of War, Nature and beauty, Love and marriage, Death and grief. The poems also explore the culture, beliefs and practices of the society where the poet hails from. The issue of ancestors and black-rootedness is highlighted and helps to place the poetry on the soil where it is written. Recent happenings around the world, such as Corona are also captured in this bilingual collection.***** Ase Obotindiaro Bw'Oborimo (On the Podium of…mehr

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Ase Obotindiaro Bw'Oborimo (On the Podium of Lies) is a bilingual collection of poems that tackles current issues in Kenya, such as Politics and politicians, Politics of War, Nature and beauty, Love and marriage, Death and grief. The poems also explore the culture, beliefs and practices of the society where the poet hails from. The issue of ancestors and black-rootedness is highlighted and helps to place the poetry on the soil where it is written. Recent happenings around the world, such as Corona are also captured in this bilingual collection.***** Ase Obotindiaro Bw'Oborimo (On the Podium of Lies) n'egetabu kebwate emeino erikire ase emenwa y'Ekegusii n'Egesongo mono ekoringoria amang'ana y'oborai n'abarai, oborai ne chisegi, obwanchani n'enywomo, amakweri n'obororo. Emeino eyio nigo ekomoreka amang'ana y'obogima, obomenyi n'okwegena kw'abanto basobo omoriki. Ekamenta korigereria amang'ana y'echisokoro n'emeri y'obwegeni n'obomenyi bwabo. Ebinto biabeire ense ase engaki enke yaetire buna Enyamaa 'mbirikire imee aiga. Soma bwerorere.
Autorenporträt
Christopher Okemwa is a literature lecturer at Kisii University, Kenya. He has a PhD in performance poetry from Moi University, Kenya. He is the founder and current director of the Kistrech International Poetry Festival in Kenya (www.kistrechpoetry.org). He has written many books of poetry. Some of his poems have been translated into Armenian, Chinese, Greek, Norwegian, Finnish, Hungarian, Arabic, Chinese, Nepalese, Turkish, Spanish, Catalan and Serbian. He has also translated four literary works of international poets from English to Swahili. He is the editor of four international poetry anthologies around the world. He has written two novels, three children's books, four oral literature texts and ten folktales about the Abagusii people of Kenya. His novella, Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre, (nsemia Inc., 2015) won the Canadian Burt Award for African Literature in 2015. Its sequel, Sabina the Rain Girl, published in 2019, is a popular novella among students in Kenya.