Poetry
Voces de espumas
Not translated into English
Ciriaco Bokesa · 1987
Synopsis
The only published collection by its author, a former Bubi priest. The poems speak of the suffering and silence of a mature man, marked by his religious and philosophical training and by the ordeals of the dictatorship years, and they reflect on poetry itself. Under the title that speaks of foam, the presentation of the reissue hears a voice as deep as the ocean, in which the influence of the Spanish poets of the Generation of ’27, discovered during his studies, can be felt.
Context
The manuscript had received the first 12 de Octubre poetry prize in 1985; the book appeared two years later. It is cited as the first collection of poems written in Equatorial Guinea by an author from the country, and sometimes as the first published by an Equatoguinean. Long out of print, it was reissued by Diwan Mayrit, at the request of the Bubi community, as a tribute to its author, who published no other collection.
Who it is for
Grave poems in Spanish, for those who wish to read the poetry of Bioko in the aftermath of the dictatorship.
Prizes and reception
Awarded a prize even before its publication, it was reissued as a tribute, at the insistence of Bubi readers.