Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets The poems in Leaked Footages carry urgent subjects, ranging from death to disappearance to grief to memory. Not only do the poems fulfill the tradition of witnessing often manifested in contemporary poets such as Garous Abdolmalekian and Ilya Kaminsky, but they extend that tradition by the medium through which they witness: the technical and the technological. Here, the camera, the closed-circuit TV, cinematographic techniques, and the cyborg are trusted for truth telling. Reality is represented in footage seen through the eyes of…mehr
Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets The poems in Leaked Footages carry urgent subjects, ranging from death to disappearance to grief to memory. Not only do the poems fulfill the tradition of witnessing often manifested in contemporary poets such as Garous Abdolmalekian and Ilya Kaminsky, but they extend that tradition by the medium through which they witness: the technical and the technological. Here, the camera, the closed-circuit TV, cinematographic techniques, and the cyborg are trusted for truth telling. Reality is represented in footage seen through the eyes of multifaceted speakers. In Abu Bakr Sadiq’s exploration of northern Nigeria in speculative poetry, the lyrical meets the chronicle. In this fusion of Afrofuturism with experimental poetic techniques, the reader witnesses a country ravaged by terrorism and the consequences of war, as well as the effects of these on those who survive. While the tone is grave with concern and conscience, the poems do not take the easy route of sentiment. Instead, attention is paid to structure-from the erasure poems that are informed by the theme of disappearance to the contrapuntal poems that are influenced by the testaments of leaving.
Abu Bakr Sadiq is a Nigerian poet born and raised in Minna. He is an undergraduate student at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Sadiq is the winner of the 2022 IGNYTE award for Best Speculative Poetry and a finalist for the 2023 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry. His work has been published in Boston Review, The Fiddlehead, Mizna, Fiyah, Palette Poetry, Uncanny Magazine, Augur Magazine, Fantasy Magazine, and elsewhere.
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Foreword by Kwame Dawes Acknowledgments Introducing Bhabi to the Cyborg wormhole road map maqtoob Explaining Bot Fights to Bhabi Uncensored Footage of the Cyborg in an idps Camp flight theory crane shot After Bhabi Dreams of a City Filled with Light Ars Poetica with a Broken Shahada Report from an Inkblot Test Reveals displacement theory The bbc Explains the Country’s Challenges to the Cyborg in Sixty Seconds rhubarb shot A Patrol Officer wants to know in conversation with bhabi my god swears / by the fig, by the olive, by the brightest star, by the prophet who penned no ghazal Uncensored Footage of the Cyborg at a Shooting Practice drainage apocalypse mutilation theory video village 6pm at AbdulHameed’s Barbershop Everything I’ve Lost Returns to me as Wind Second Encounter with Bhabi in a Dream reading bhabi’s diary driving downtown Uncensored Footage of the Cyborg Leading a Protest in Lagos News Reports Confirm the Cyborg is Missing The Cyborg asks for my Excuses In Defense of Burnt Cities Leaked Footage of the Cyborg in an Interrogation Room While a Newly-Elected President is being Sworn-in reaching an endpoint After a Conversation about Janazah with Bhabi in a Dream Uncensored Footage of the Cyborg at the U.S. Embassy survivor’S gift estrangement theory translation re-shoots Midnight in Maiduguri rebirth dronecode cyborg’s diary post massacre psych evaluation director’S cut: Recovered Footages from the Cyborg’s Disk Drive recaptcha asks the Cyborg to Confirm he's not a Robot After Escaping Fire homecoming evensong cast (In Order of Disappearance) Notes and Source Acknowledgements
Foreword by Kwame Dawes Acknowledgments Introducing Bhabi to the Cyborg wormhole road map maqtoob Explaining Bot Fights to Bhabi Uncensored Footage of the Cyborg in an idps Camp flight theory crane shot After Bhabi Dreams of a City Filled with Light Ars Poetica with a Broken Shahada Report from an Inkblot Test Reveals displacement theory The bbc Explains the Country’s Challenges to the Cyborg in Sixty Seconds rhubarb shot A Patrol Officer wants to know in conversation with bhabi my god swears / by the fig, by the olive, by the brightest star, by the prophet who penned no ghazal Uncensored Footage of the Cyborg at a Shooting Practice drainage apocalypse mutilation theory video village 6pm at AbdulHameed’s Barbershop Everything I’ve Lost Returns to me as Wind Second Encounter with Bhabi in a Dream reading bhabi’s diary driving downtown Uncensored Footage of the Cyborg Leading a Protest in Lagos News Reports Confirm the Cyborg is Missing The Cyborg asks for my Excuses In Defense of Burnt Cities Leaked Footage of the Cyborg in an Interrogation Room While a Newly-Elected President is being Sworn-in reaching an endpoint After a Conversation about Janazah with Bhabi in a Dream Uncensored Footage of the Cyborg at the U.S. Embassy survivor’S gift estrangement theory translation re-shoots Midnight in Maiduguri rebirth dronecode cyborg’s diary post massacre psych evaluation director’S cut: Recovered Footages from the Cyborg’s Disk Drive recaptcha asks the Cyborg to Confirm he's not a Robot After Escaping Fire homecoming evensong cast (In Order of Disappearance) Notes and Source Acknowledgements
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