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Ritual for a Mango

  • ISBN-13: 9781905233854
  • Publisher: FLIPPED EYE
    Imprint: FLIPPED EYE
  • By Akila Richards
  • Price: AUD $12.99
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  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 24/07/2024
  • Format: Paperback (210.00mm X 140.00mm) 36 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Poetry by individual poets [DCF]
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As evidenced by a section called "for" in the middle of this debut pamphlet, Akila Richards is a poet in conversation with the world - a world that discriminates, a world that marginalises. The poems in that section make visible the quiet dignity of folk who rarely make the headlines. Versatile in tone, the impassioned protest of A Lived Life sits alongside the silent despair of Deliverance. Elsewhere, Akila celebrates her heritage in The Givers, eschews the cult of shame in Amoral Deity, and recasts Soyinka's A Telephone Conversation at a German border entry in A Crossing Conversation. Throughout her often experimental work, the quality of witnessing and the ability to extract beauty from the mundane is remarkable, making Ritual for a Mango both celebration and dirge, a true reflection of human existence.
Akila Richards is an award winning poet and fiction writer. Her readings take place in artistic, cultural and community settings. She collaborates with a range of artistic genres in theatre, music, digital and visual art that have led to international opportunities, tours and residencies in Africa, Caribbean and Europe. Her debut pamphlet, "Ritual for a Mango" comes to flipped eye November 2023.
"Akila's poems inspire us to challenge more, love better, and do better - to hold each other to account as human beings. They are shaped through rhythm, overlaid with imagery - they are rich." - Kadija Sesay
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