by Lekpele M. Nyamalon (Author)
We all have a yearning for something. For Lekpele, his has been a message of self worth, as we see in his signature piece, My Body is Gold; one of patriotism, as in Scars of A Tired Nation; one of Pan Africanism as in the piece, Dig The Graves. He also has a message of hope as seenin his award winning poem, Forgotten Future. He is an emerging voice that one can't afford to ignore. Yearning is the debut chapbook by Liberian poet, Lekpele M. Nyamalon.
Author Biography
Lekpele M. Nyamalon from Liberia is an OSIWA Poetry fellow, an up and coming writer, poet, essayist and collector of traditional short stories. His Poem 'Forgotten Future' was selected as the winning poem for World Poetry Day competition in 2015 organized by 'Young People Today'- a youth-based sexuality and reproductive health initiative in South Africa. Lekpele has an arts and culture startup dubbed the 'Moonlight Theatre' and has embarked on a village writing project called the 'Moonlight Series.'