{"product_id":"obaluaye-paperback","title":"Obalúayé - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJide Badmus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartins Deep\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003ePriscilla Celina Suarez\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObaluaye is a poetry collection for the things that plague us. Obaluaye is a Yoruba god of infirmities and healing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this book talk of cradles and graves and every experience in-between, employing the duality attribute of the Orisha of epidemics. Each poem is an experience of health and death wrapped in a pod, of strength and flaws and a thirst for things that elude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection explores the human cycle-the routine of life and death (and a possibility of restoration, rebirth). It seeks to understand the things that haunt us-our fears, our nightmares, quest for freedom, the weight of responsibilities, the paradox of hope, devotion and betrayals, failed states and the covid-19 pandemic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObaluaye is a realization that \"life is a cocktail of sweet, sour and insipid\" and we are born to run this cycle, reaching for light, reaching for freedom...that ultimately leads to the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739866042431,"sku":"9781953447487","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/676695715c5efcabd99712bbb5937041.webp?v=1765158073","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/obaluaye-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}