Poetry

Summary Les pas se hâtent d’avancer Devancés par le temps relatif Natif inconscient de l’espace sans extase Se forgeant la carapace écrasante Craignant de se faire face De taire le règne des incertitudes certifiées Se fiant aux borgnes et aux manchots Bonnes des cachots Tuant l’esprit de l’homme Épris par

Summary En découvrant et en savourant le long poème en vers libres de Ilongo Fritz Ngale, le lecteur traverse sa propre vie liée à l’universalisme de l’être humain et l’Être Suprême. Les trois parties se suivent, s’imbriquent et se complètent, un peu comme si le passé a son influence et

Summary South Africa is a melting pot Of unique races, landscapes, Flora and fauna, Veritable living tapestry captured by Mzanzi Magic, Highlighting infinite cultural and touristic wealth Through the rhythm of poetry, In a new genre of creative writing, Blending the natural and cultural With the vowels and consonants of

Epilogue It is a truism to say that literature generally recreates the human condition, yet, since time immemorial, having been commissioned or simply acting out of their own volition, writers have written pieces or collections of literacy output marking special or unique occasions.  We may call this creative imagination occasional

Epilogue In an era where the Western Canon has lost favour and literary judgment is relativised, Ilongo Fritz Ngale’s Fingers of Dawn is an enriching collection of poems imbued with the existential subtleties and enigmas of human life and experience. The form and content of the poems go beyond the

Summary  ‘Shackled in darkness’ presents through a poetic format some of the burning, contemporary and existential issues facing humankind. The choice of poetry to re-present the said issues is based on an intention of avoiding a ‘dark and overly pessimistic painting’ of the same. The collection of poems is a

Préface La présente anthologie poétique est le fruit de l’appel à contributions pour un ouvrage collectif que j’ai lancé en avril 2020, en pleine phase de cristallisation de la crise sanitaire planétaire, sous le titre : « Écrire sous l’influence de la covid-19 ou le devoir de témoignage : relire

Epilogue Teacher. Karen Ferreira-Meyers, Institute of Distance Education, University of Eswatini Poetry offers us a remedy in most of the circumstances of our lives: difficult episodes, happy times. It was in this state of mind that I received and read the collection of my colleague and friend Ilongo Fritz Ngale,