Obinna Chilekezi

Songs of a Stranger at the Smiling Coast Obinna Chilekezi

Obinna Chilekezi's Songs of a Stranger at the Smiling Coast is a collection of poems that revolves around love, loss and nature. The poet renders in powerful lines the beauty and burdens of the rivers Niger and Gambia.

Obinna Chilekezi announces his arrival with a strong love collection that invokes passion. The poems in this collection underline the compelling passion of the poet, which is held together by motifs of the African pastoral landscape and rivers. He employs imagery and sample diction to convey his love on the wings of time. Chilekezi's lines echo Neruda.