Imanna

IMANNA is an epic poem on the Rwanda Genocide written using the nine-line Spenserian Stanza.

With the protean energies gifted me of the gracious Muse, "the Pearl richer than all his tribe", I have been working on IMANNA for a year now – ever since the Muse spoke my name and gifted me her flaming powers to speak of the sorrows of the dead of the Rwanda genocide. Flame haired Imanna of splendour: I feel that I am the most fortunate of men to have met you a year ago. It is an encounter which er...