Ritual for a Mango
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- ISBN 9781905233854
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 25 Apr 2024
- Publisher: Flipped Eye Publishing Limited
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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As evidenced by a section called "for" in the middle of this début 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 début pamphlet, “Ritual for a Mango” comes to flipped eye November 2023.
