Synopsis "Machona Poetry: Rage and Slam in Tigersburg"
MACHONA POETRY - Rage and Slam in Tigersburg is my eighth book. It is the sixth in the MACHONA/ Emigrant series. In this series, I explore existential issues of migration. I'm inspired by the life-long observed internal and external dynamics of my parents' nuclear family. My mother was South African, whilst my father was a Zambian immigrant into South African. We have at different times lived both in South Africa and Zambia. And I'm an immigrant in Norway myself. The sub-title Rage and Slam in Tigersburg is a dedication to Oslo, the city of my manhood maturity years; the city of the most beautiful girls in the world. I love Oslo with all of my heart. Oslo has been ruthless in the unpacking of emotional turmoil for me, from love to hate and everything else in between. The city has broken me down several times. But it has allowed me to rise again in new versions of myself by way of attitudes and life ambitions. This time around I rise as an author and poet. I've found my calling at last. As presented in this book, mine is defiance poetry, hit back poetry, liberation poetry. The poetry is written today upon impulses lived through yesterday, with hope for a better future for all. It reflects some of the cathartic paths of my journey towards self-realization attainment goals; highlighting lessons of stoicism, humility, and gratitude. Amongst others, I crush baloneys; I demystify falsities, I dream, I empathize, I praise, I provoke, I tease to inspire thought and action towards a better understanding of the self and one's place in the universe. That way we can better serve humanity. Each according to their strengths and proclivities; and, not in the least, including our individual and collective values as planetary social beings. Buy, read, enjoy the book, and let yourself be inspired.
