Playful alphabet rearrangement and poetic structure challenge traditional notions of language and form for fresh reading experiences
Explores diaspora and the marginalization of the Acholi people, offering unique cultural insights
Engages with historical and literary texts, including reinterpretations of colonial encounters and racist literature
Lyric, layered, and deeply felt poems that trace historical, cultural, and personal identity
Includes stories and poems hidden in footnotes and superscripts, inviting readers to discover new meanings
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A Is for Acholi is a sweeping collection exploring diaspora, the marginalization of the Acholi people, the dusty streets of Nairobi and the cold grey of Vancouver. Playfully upending English and scholarly notation Otoniya J. Okot Bitek rearranges the alphabet, hides poems in footnotes and slips stories into superscripts. The poet opens up
