{"product_id":"echoes-of-my-african-mind-alf-e-f-muronda-9781965398265","title":"Echoes Of My African Mind - GRIOT","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEchoes of My African Mind - GRIOT\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetic journey across landscapes both internal and ancestral. Told in four sweeping movements-\u003cem\u003ePersonal Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLove, Lost \u0026amp; Found\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGriot\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eVignettes of War\u003c\/em\u003e-this collection bears witness to a mind shaped by longing and rebirth, memory and silence, resistance and tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems inhabit the space between cosmic wonder and earthly ache, threading the personal with the political, the spiritual with the tactile. In verses that echo like remembered names, Alf crafts a lyrical record of lives carried and lives forgotten, of home as a question, and identity as an unfolding. The speaker walks \"a while\" in his own shoes but invites us, too, to feel the path beneath our feet-whether on a Sunday morning in Harare or lost in a storm of arrested departures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, \u003cem\u003eEchoes of My African Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is a griot's offering: a chorus of remembrance, truth-telling, and sacred imagining. The poet reflects on the legacy of stolen names, fractured families, and silenced histories-but never without hope, never without the fierce beauty of survival. In poems like \u003cem\u003eIn the Ship's Hold\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eI Lost My Name\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Circle Is Complete\u003c\/em\u003e, the reader is not simply observing history but carrying it forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the chapter \u003cem\u003eLove, Lost \u0026amp; Found\u003c\/em\u003e, we're brought face to face with tenderness and absence, passion and aftermath. Whether in quiet meditations like \u003cem\u003eI Remember You\u003c\/em\u003e or charged introspections like \u003cem\u003ePerfect Release\u003c\/em\u003e, the poet navigates the fragile landscapes of desire and memory-where intimacy is both balm and ache.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final movement, \u003cem\u003eVignettes of War\u003c\/em\u003e, wrestles with the lingering ghosts of colonialism, displacement, and political grief. Here, Alf's voice turns fierce and solemn, documenting not just war-torn lands but war-torn psyches, and the dream-still alive-of an African future shaped by truth, not trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection is not just a gathering of poems; it is a living archive of emotional histories and cultural reclamation. With language that is precise yet expansive, aching yet uplifting, Alf composes a song for those in search of home, of voice, of belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are drawn to questions of identity, entranced by lyrical storytelling, or seeking a deeper reflection on love, exile, and return, \u003cem\u003eEchoes of My African Mind - GRIOT\u003c\/em\u003e will leave its mark on your soul. This is poetry not just to be read-but to be remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alf E. F. Muronda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 196539826X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781965398265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Masaka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Alf E. F. Muronda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742945849599,"sku":"9781965398265","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/echoes-of-my-african-mind-alf-e-f-muronda-9781965398265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}