{"product_id":"obaluaye-paperback-1","title":"Obalúayé - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJide Badmus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartins Deep\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003ePriscilla Celina Suarez\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObaluaye is a poetry collection for the things that plague us. Obaluaye is a Yoruba god of infirmities and healing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this book talk of cradles and graves and every experience in-between, employing the duality attribute of the Orisha of epidemics. Each poem is an experience of health and death wrapped in a pod, of strength and flaws and a thirst for things that elude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection explores the human cycle-the routine of life and death (and a possibility of restoration, rebirth). It seeks to understand the things that haunt us-our fears, our nightmares, quest for freedom, the weight of responsibilities, the paradox of hope, devotion and betrayals, failed states and the covid-19 pandemic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObaluaye is a realization that \"life is a cocktail of sweet, sour and insipid\" and we are born to run this cycle, reaching for light, reaching for freedom...that ultimately leads to the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350879518969,"sku":"9781953447487","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cE9rZ1owWXd6YW9CTjU3S28yLzdpQT09_ff6dd1ef-e534-4950-a9db-aa25b43903d1.webp?v=1769790475","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/obaluaye-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}