{"product_id":"leaked-footages-abu-bakr-sadiq-9781496240132","title":"Leaked Footages","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eLeaked Footages\u003c\/i\u003e carry urgent subjects, ranging from death to disappearance to grief to memory. Not only do the poems fulfill the tradition of witnessing often manifested in contemporary poets such as Garous Abdolmalekian and Ilya Kaminsky, but they extend that tradition by the medium through which they witness: the technical and the technological. Here, the camera, the closed-circuit TV, cinematographic techniques, and the cyborg are trusted for truth-telling. Reality is represented in footage seen through the eyes of multifaceted speakers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Abu Bakr Sadiq's exploration of northern Nigeria in speculative poetry, the lyrical meets the chronicle. In this fusion of Afrofuturism with experimental poetic techniques, the reader witnesses a country ravaged by terrorism and the consequences of war, as well as the effects of these on those who survive. While the tone is grave with concern and conscience, the poems do not take the easy route of sentiment. Instead, attention is paid to structure--from the erasure poems that are informed by the theme of disappearance to the contrapuntal poems that are influenced by the testaments of leaving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abu Bakr Sadiq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496240138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496240132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Abu Bakr Sadiq","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482176577791,"sku":"9781496240132","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad2621ff-1c58-427b-8cdb-f0d0bc6d3f7e.jpg?v=1715990396","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leaked-footages-abu-bakr-sadiq-9781496240132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}