Book Review: 'FOOTNOTES FOR A NATIVE LAND' Explores Infrastructure and State Neglect

A review of 'FOOTNOTES FOR A NATIVE LAND' highlights its poetic engagement with the politics of infrastructure and state neglect, particularly through its depiction of the Mokwa flood sequence.

5 May, 14:31 — 5 May, 14:31

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BOOK REVIEW: Marginilia as Poetics of Reclamation in FOOTNOTES FOR A NATIVE LAND

The Mokwa flood sequence (poems 31–37) represents Shehu's most sustained engagement with the politics of infrastructure and state neglect. The post BOOK REVIEW: Marginilia as Poetics of Reclamation in FOOTNOTES FOR A NATIVE LAND appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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