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Lenrie Peters

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Lenrie Peters


Born
in Bathurst, Gambia
September 01, 1932

Died
May 27, 2009

Genre
Poetry, Fiction


Dr Lenrie Peters graduated with a B Sc. from the TRINITY College of Cambridge in 1956. In 1959, he received a Medical and Surgery diploma from Cambridge. He holds a Master’s degree in Arts. He worked as journalist of African programs with the BBC from 1955 to 1968. He was the president of the Historic Commission of Monuments of the Gambia, President of FESTAC comity in 1977 and President of the board of directors of the National library of the Gambia and Gambia College from 1979 to 1987. From 1985 to 1991, he was a member and President of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). He was member of the jury for the Literary prize of the Commonwealth in 1995.
He passed away on 27 May 2009 in Dakar after a brief illness.
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Average rating: 4.0 · 61 ratings · 8 reviews · 10 distinct works
Second Round
3.71 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions
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Antologia poezji afrykańskiej
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Satellites
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Selected Poetry (African Wr...
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Katchikali
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Afrikansk lyrik
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Poesía africana de hoy
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Poems
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“THINGS perplex me
irritate and disgust me
THINGS disaffect me
when they try
to make me crawl.

THINGS persecute me
Those which try to usurp me
THINGS that have
no meaning
without me.

THINGS annoy me
when others worship them
THINGS that approximate I
to me and are
put in my place.

THINGS nauseate me,
good, bad, indifferent
THINGS; like flies
in a calabash
of sour milk.

I prefer people
laughter and comfort
the use and pleasure of science.
But my head aches when all I hear is
THINGS, THINGS, THINGS.”
― Lenrie Peters, Katchikali
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