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Praise for Poems for the Penniless
Foreword
Mῖcere Gῖthae Mũgo
In lieu of an Introduction
Translator's notes
Ida Hadjivayanis
Shairi(Poem)
Utambulisho wangu(My identity)
Buriani Chachage(Farewell Chachage)
Buriani Mzee Duncan: Kwa Nini?(Farewell Mzee Duncan: Why?)
Harubu(Farewell to a friend Haroub Othman)
Comrade Ho
Sitaomboleza(I will not mourn)
A baobab has fallen(tribute to Samir Amin)
Sam You Live
Nguzo imeanguka(A pillar has fallen)
Barua kwa wapendwa wanafiki(A letter to beloved hypocrites)
Kila la heri mwanangu mpendwa(Wishes for my loving child)
Kwa Rafiki yangu, Kamaradi Georgios(To my friend, Comrade Georgios)
Kamaradi Ndimara nakupongeza sana(Congratulations Comrade Ndiimara)
Siigigizi, sitanii(Neither acting nor joking)
Ewe Ngugi wa Thiong’o(O brother Ngugi wa Thiong’o)
Ndugu yangu Abdilatifu(Abdilatifu my brother)
Agizo(Order)
Response from Nizar Visram
Response from Ng'wanza Kamata
Reply to Ng'wanza Kamata
Response from Demere Kitunga
Police
I went to court
The almighty law
Darisalama I(Dar es Salaam I)
Darisalama II(Dar es Salaam II)
Darisalama III(Dar es Salaam III)
Adimu(Shortages)
Starvation
Msinitukane!(Do not insult me!)
Kijiweni(At the Rock)
Ya jiweni(Of rock and talk)
Romance with power
Uchaguzi wa Kenya(Kenyan elections)
Wametuibia(They have robbed us)
Uzalendo umeleweshwa(In patriotic delirium)
Truth from above stinks
‘We the people’
Barua kwa mpenzi wangu(Letter to my lover)
Twiga Katoroka, kajiheshimu(The Giraffe has escaped, with its respect dignity)
Twiga katua, hewani(The Giraffe has landed, on air)
Machozi yakamtiririka(And tears streamed down)
Sisi kwa sisi(Between us)
Kill an idea!
Read while riding
Writer
Peace
Hope
Masikitiko(Grief)
Najidadisi(Self-critical)
If I were human
Seize the hour
Salamu za asubuhi(Good morning)
Uniimbie(Sing for me)
Hoja(Opinion)
Nguvu za hoja(Force of argument)
Fikra mgando(Retrogressive thoughts)
Mwaka mpya I(New Year I)
Mwaka mpya II(New Year II)
Happy New Year
Prejudice
Niko gizani(I’m in the dark)
Sing for me
Nawaza!(I think!)
Akili(Intellect)
Sijachoka(I’m not tired)
Nimechoka?(Am I fed up?)
mara nalia(I cry)
Usinipoze hasira(Don’t console me)
Chunguzeni maradhi(Investigate the disease)
Lugha ya ukimya(Language of silence)
Stand up!
Njoo 2019, njoo(Come 2019, come)
Bendera-mbili zangu(My two flags)
Sauti ya unyonge haizuiliki(The cry of the oppressed can’t be suppressed)
Huzuni(Sorrow)
Ubaguzi wa ukaburu(Apartheid in the Boerland)
Serene and obscene
Colourconscious
Anguish at Sea Point
Ya Ujiweni na Ukaburu(Of Homeland and Boerland)
Zimbabwe
Author and translator biographies
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an imprint of Daraja Press
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Poems for the Penniless Copyright © 2019 by Issa G Shivji. All Rights Reserved.
