WORLD CONTEMPORARY POEMS Including "TWO SISTERS EXCHANGE RINGS"

About the Book

All creative writings, including poetry, are didactic, intended to teach and sometimes as a wake-up call, in addition to their entertaining roles. Yet sometimes, they are downright satires against palpable anomies in the culture of societies. This collection, with a pragmatic utilisation of relevant literary devices and figures of speech, tries to convey the messages in their subtlety for the plain appreciation of the reader. The motivation has been my latent interest in literature and the manifest belief that all hands ought to be on deck for individual and collective contributions in tackling some of our world contemporary issues. These include: climate change, human rights, debate on democratisation of the United Nations Security Council, Pacific Settlement of Disputes, refugees, HIV pandemic, child soldier, etc. In each of the poems, the central theme is plainly hidden for the cipher of the reader. May the ink of writers of all sorts never dry. I take full responsibility for the contents of the entire collection.

About the Author

Ahmed Inusa is a career diplomat from Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and graduated in 1982 with a BSc in International Studies before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria in 1984, to begin a career as a Foreign Service Officer. Both at home and abroad, he has served in many capacities and has attended several international conferences. His overseas postings include the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York; Embassy of Nigeria, Budapest, Hungary; and High Commission of Nigeria, Yaounde Cameroon. While in New York, he attended four United Nations General Assembly Sessions, mainly covering the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural). The officer is currently a Minister Plenipotentiary/Head of Chancery at the High Commission of Nigeria, London. In addition, Inusa was a beneficiary of some scholarship awards, including Pope John Paul VI, for a master’s degree in government and politics, at Saint John’s University of New York, and the British Chevening, for Diplomatic Studies at the Foreign Service Programme, University of Oxford, England. He is married to Salamatu and has a daughter, Amina.