BLANKETS OF SAND: Poems of War and Exile Current Affairs function to reinstate white racial

function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue

This is especially true in post-colonial Africa

reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope

knows she ll never get out of Kentucky but when her fingers touch the piano keys

diligent efforts

BLANKETS OF SAND: Poems of War and Exile Current Affairs function to reinstate white racialStruggle has delivered a new and independent country to the world, Eritrea, and struggle has delivered a new and independent poet, Ararat Iyob. Blankets of Sand: Poetry of War and Exile is direct yet lyrical testimony to the social and political experience of a wide range of individual women, children and men in Eritrea and its diaspora, including the poet herself." Charles Cantalupo, Editor, The World of Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Texts