http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ Reading & writing in African languages Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:07:55 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1223 Boom boom I heard, I shuddered And swallowed bitter saliva. Big vultures Flew over me, My heart bled For brothers in war. I lay and longed For peace, For Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:33:31 GMT momasos36 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1222 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1222 Hi To all, I am new member, my name is Malika...I was wanting to see if anyone knew Darja? Hoping to learn the language...If anyone could answer this it would Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:26:40 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1221 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1221 My new book "Moonlight Monologue And Other Poems" is now released on:http://tinyurl.com/yl5akp2 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:04:13 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1219 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1219 The book "Moonlight Monologue And Other Poems" by me, published by I-Proclaim Publishing Inc. USA will soon be released on: http://www.i-proclaimbookstore.com Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:02:10 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1218 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1218 Even hideous faces Of hooting owls Perched on top Of tall irokos Contorted with frown And spewed tears At sordid moonlight dances below. At sight of men Made Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:03:50 GMT bisharat_dot_net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1217 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1217 Hi Chidi, I think that you are right about poetry and development (in the fullest sense). Indeed literature and the arts in general have so much to contribute, Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:29:38 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1216 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1216 Friend: Chidi, why do you waste your time and energy to write poems only to post them on blogs, listservs, websites and social networking sites for people to Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:58:17 GMT bisharat_dot_net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1215 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1215 FYI, from AfricanTongues.com athttp://t.africantongues.com/translators , info on several translators: Njeri Wangari (Translating Gky from Kenya) My names Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:03:17 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1214 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1214 Like ants around Pieces of cake In conspiracy to lift Sugar coated morsels In unison to holes of abode, They surround vaults. They ogle At funds deposited, Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:47:37 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1213 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1213 Boom! boom!! is now silent, Heralding Epilogue of warfare. Quietness, Wind of unease Pervades the swamps. Fishes and shrimps are dead Inside waters mixed with Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:31:29 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1212 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1212 I see picture Of innocent men And women Buried alive In mass grave, With orphaned offspring Enlisted into unpaid labour, Menial occupations And sentenced To Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:08 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1211 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1211 From this abode Surrounded by stagnant waters, With anopheles whispering Irritating lyrics into my eardrums, From this observatory, At this hour That moonlight Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:02:58 GMT Chidi Anthony Opara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1210 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1210 I shall sing And sing, I shall pour My heart's contents For earthlings To drink Or scorn And pour Down drain. I shall sing songs, Songs from my homeland Where Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:37:29 GMT babatabita http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1209 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1209 Hi, I've been contacted by Christine Moon who is working for Google. They've come up with a project proposal for teaching and motivating Kenyan and Tanzanian Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:06:01 GMT Andrew Cunningham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1208 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/message/1208 There is an anthology of Dinka (Sudan) poetry online. The poems were written by Muɔrwël Ater Muɔrwël ku Dut Anyakdït and originally published in Sudan in