Red Earth / Laterite

by Véronique Tadjo and Peter Hunt Thompson

Cast in a language at once as stark and as pregnant with possibility as the West African landscape itself, this prizewinning collection of poems by acclaimed African writer and artist V ronique Tadjo cuts to the heart of the modern African experience. The term lat rite refers to the red, iron-rich earth characteristic of many West African villages and roads. Suggestive of movement--of the age-old displacement of African peoples, of shifting directions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597660094
• ISBN13: 9781597660099
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Eastern Washington University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.0"