Nigrescence

By Abdullah Adekola

'Adekola's voice refuses to settle in a simple picture of identity that is palatable or transferable. The multiplicity of selves that speak in his poems reflect but also create a myriad of ways to be Muslim, to be Black, to just be. There is a powerful undercurrent of hope throughout this that leaves you with the sense that despite it all, people have always and will continue to persevere' Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

Nigrescence is the breakthrough debut collection of poems by northern poet Abdullah Adekola. The word 'nigrescence' means to develop a racial identity which Adekola unpicks through language that tugs and pulls through his own blackness, searching for ways to heal in a increasingly fractured world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913958094
• ISBN13: 9781913958091
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Burning Eye Books
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"