“Such is the deft weave-work of Qhali . . . It’s an intricate tapestry in which language braids to the body, disappearing for a time into silence during its violation, emerging anew to demand witness, to brazenly detail every image of the grotesque, and finally to return to the land.”

~ Safia Elhillo, from the preface

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Title: Crying in My Mother’s Tongue: Ukulila
Publisher: Akashic Books
Kumi: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set,
Edited by: Kwame Dawes And Chris Abani
ISBN: 978-1-63614-215-9
RR: R124