The Bibiani Books is set to hold a virtual session for the dedicatees of the Tragedy of Being Born Beautiful on Sunday, April 28, a discourse aimed at sampling their opinion about the work.
The Tragedy of Being Born Beautiful , an African perspective on timeless human experiences by Cookey Iwuoha was published by Bibiani Books in February 2022 and the poet will be discussing the book with some of the persons it was dedicated to.
The book is a thought-provoking, multi-layered collection of poems divided into four parts, Dawn, Sunrise, Sunset and Twilight.
In Dawn, the poet , Cookey Iwuoha, concentrates on abstract human relationships while Sunrise takes aim at discouraging social injustice. Sunset addresses the intricacies of emotion and finally, Twilight reflects on the universal search for meaning, self, and identity.
The poems alternate between tender, angry, helpless and heartbreaking as they address age-old questions of self and purpose.
Cookey Iwuoha dedicated the poetry collection first to mothers of lost daughters, which his poem of same title identified as mothers of the kidnapped girls in Chibok and Dapchi in North East of Nigeria, as well as to all the children that was lost and never found, and to four other persons.
The other four persons the poetry collection was dedicated to included his god mother Mama Imahkus Ababio, Minister Akbar Muhammad of Nation of Islam, Queen Diambi Kabutusuila Tshiyoyo muata of Congo and his eminence Obi Harris for the inspiration that he has drawn from his reflections on his encounter with their persons and ideology while putting the collection together.
The event will be held virtually and the poet is expecting the dedicatees to speak on different themes in the collection like Renaissance of Africa Cultural practices, social justice, addiction and irregular migration.
