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Reviewed on May 1, 2017 | Five Poets To Watch
Early in this piercing collection, Elhillo curtly explains, "they called our grandfathers the january children lined up by the colonizer & assigned birth/ years by height." She's describing Sudan under British occupation, and her poems unfold the ongoing consequences of colonization and Sudan's repressive culture today. "I hear prayer called by a voice thic...Log In or Sign Up to Read More