Praise Song for the Land Poems of Hope & Love & Care

'I want to sing a Praise Song/for The Land/I must Sing a Praise Song/for Our People.' - thus sounds Anyidoho's statement of poetic intent. Anyidoho draws on Ewe verbal art as a critical source of the culture and philosophical expression of an African community to produce this collection of poetry and song, his first in almost a decade. Published in print and also on CD, Anyidoho presents his words in printed and spoken form in the firm belief that 'the poetry of print is the domain of the eyewitness, the poetry of sound, the domain of the earwitness...the dominant poetic world of Africa...' It follows that the printed word, 'can no longer carry the full burden of my voice'; at least, 'to all the people I call my people'. Kofi Awoonor writes a critical introduction describing his poetry as 'the ultimate homage the poet pays to the intimate and elemental force of voice, the first instrument of poetry'. The poet is much garlanded, has been elected to the International Academy of Poets, and his poems have been translated into Italian, German, Dutch and Slavic.Anyidoho, Kofi is the author of 'Praise Song for the Land Poems of Hope & Love & Care' with ISBN 9789988550455 and ISBN 9988550456.