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a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely
X-ray society's weaknesses, its ills, its perils. He or she must
be actively involved shaping its present and its future."
Flipped Eye Publishing, African Writers Abroad and SableLitMag have published an Anthology of Poetry to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the executions and celebrate Ken's life. Dance the Guns to
Silence: 100 Poems Inspired by Ken Saro-Wiwa. The title, Dance the Guns to Silence is taken from one of Saro-Wiwa’s own poems, ‘Dance’. The anthology has a Foreword written by Ken Wiwa and editorial advisory from the renowned Malawian poet, now living in exile in Britain, Jack Mapanje. What has resulted is an anthology of strong, thoughtful, poems of tribute, ranging from words of social consciousness to hard hitting images and moving stories. The 100 poets are:
Poems came in from Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Mexico, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Canada, with poems translated from Bangla, Italian, Catalan and Castilian. All Remember Saro-Wiwa, all remember how much
the struggle of the Ogoni people, align with their own. Some poets
(Stewart Brown, Jack Mapanje, Chenjerai Hove, Niyi Osundare) had
already written poems in honour of Ken after his killing and their
poems can also be found in their collections, many others wrote
new poems for this book. Ken Saro-Wiwa - the Legacy: Freedom of expression; resistance (literary and otherwise); imprisonment; non-violence; political oppression; leadership. Social and Ecological Justice: Minority Rights; exile/displacement/refugees; war, peace, poverty, justice; equity; the death penalty; pollution; climate change; the right to appropriate/sustainable development; power (and the abuse thereof); capitalism and corporations.
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