Land of Tales: Poems

"In Land of Tales, Barth Akpah announces his arrival through years of immersion and emergence from the circling pond of poetry; here is a new voice, passionate emissary of the fluent word, fixed upon the anthems of his land's narrative of malaise, of hypocrisy and strife, of dreams, of nightmares and, in spite of the diversity of conflicts and want, here also is a voice filled with other lovely expectations and anticipation..." -- Remi Raji