Cries of Redemption (The Abeng and My Conscious Pen)

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Cries of Redemption (The Abeng and My Conscious Pen) by Kaya Omodele, Kaya Omodele
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Author: Kaya Omodele ISBN: 9781370551958
Publisher: Kaya Omodele Publication: February 18, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Kaya Omodele
ISBN: 9781370551958
Publisher: Kaya Omodele
Publication: February 18, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Cries of Redemption is comprised of short stories, poetry and essays with Caribbean and African Diaspora themes. Cries of Redemption is a powerful compilation of stories, creative non-fiction, commentary and verse curated from the widely-read Caribbean-themed blog, The Abeng and My Conscious Pen. Here is a selection of writing that paints a vivid mural of the human condition, with all its resilient tones, in pursuit of freedom, purpose, love and truth, set within the milieu of the Black Experience. Author Kaya Omodele colors heart-breaking realism (Black Roses in My Garden; Letting Go) with striking, gut-wrenching imagery (Cry My Redemption, Silent Violence, Pounds of Black Ice); learn the language of yearning (Longing For More - published in The Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc. Magazine); listen to the rhythm and the wisdom (Kwayana's Meditation); and discover affirmations of traditions and cultural heritage (Mother to Son, Marcus Garvey Quotes, Jumbie Come to School). Journey with Kaya to Georgetown, Accra, Brooklyn, and D.C., where he experiences abandonment and ultimately finds resilience in a prison cell, during the era of mass incarceration.
Cries of Redemption is an eloquent, assertive and inventive journey through a landscape painted in the many hues of Life.

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Cries of Redemption is comprised of short stories, poetry and essays with Caribbean and African Diaspora themes. Cries of Redemption is a powerful compilation of stories, creative non-fiction, commentary and verse curated from the widely-read Caribbean-themed blog, The Abeng and My Conscious Pen. Here is a selection of writing that paints a vivid mural of the human condition, with all its resilient tones, in pursuit of freedom, purpose, love and truth, set within the milieu of the Black Experience. Author Kaya Omodele colors heart-breaking realism (Black Roses in My Garden; Letting Go) with striking, gut-wrenching imagery (Cry My Redemption, Silent Violence, Pounds of Black Ice); learn the language of yearning (Longing For More - published in The Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc. Magazine); listen to the rhythm and the wisdom (Kwayana's Meditation); and discover affirmations of traditions and cultural heritage (Mother to Son, Marcus Garvey Quotes, Jumbie Come to School). Journey with Kaya to Georgetown, Accra, Brooklyn, and D.C., where he experiences abandonment and ultimately finds resilience in a prison cell, during the era of mass incarceration.
Cries of Redemption is an eloquent, assertive and inventive journey through a landscape painted in the many hues of Life.

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