Published by Writers Forum, London, 1969
Language: English
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Good++. No Jacket. Agye Nyame (illustrator). 1st Edition. Five experimental narrative-style poems written by John Okai. Based on his lived experiences in Ghana. Staple bound within white card covers. Black illustration on front cover by Agye Nyame. This is booklet Number 25 in the Writers Forum Poets series. Yellow end papers and separate poem title pages. Gift inscription on title page - For William Oxley with best wishes - signed by the author and dated 12/6/69. The Oxleys' neat ownership stamp also on title page. Toning to margin edges of front and rear covers. Crease to top and tail of spine. Otherwise in VG condition. Now protected in an archival envelope. Inscribed by Author(s).
27 single-sided typed duplicated pages, Agye Nyame symbol design to front cover : 5 poems from this excellent Ghanaian poet & Fellow of the R.S.A. whose rhythms & style are much influenced by his African traditions; thin card covers, stapled SCARCE FIRST EDITION west africa ghana ghanaian poetry poems ghana verse okai ghana poet ghana poems african poetry.