Language English Publication date 2000 Originally published 2000 ISBN 9970021915 | Pages 117 Page count 117 | |
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Building the nation and other poems is a collection of seventy six poems by Ugandan poet Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow. The poems are divided into seven sections: "Politicians, servants and sycophants", "The jungles of humanity", "Arguments with God", "Random portraits", "Of nature", "The rich live amalgam", and "Of love and all that". The poems deal with diverse themes like political opportunism and sycophancy, war, the paradox of God and the richness and beauty of nature.
Critical reception
The poems have received mainly positive reviews.
References
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