Publication Date 22 December 2023 ISBN-13: 978-81-966562-5-6 Authors: ETHEL JOFFI MOLUA-EWUSI, NYIRONGO MOSES, DANIEL MUNUNGA Ethel Joffi Molua-Ewusi hails from Great Soppo, a picturesque village at the foot of the Fako Mountain in Buea; South West Region; Cameroon. She holds a PhD in English with a specialisation of Commonwealth and American Literary Studies. She is an award-winning writer for prose and poetry. As senior lecturer in the Universities of Maroua and Buea, she lectures, creative writing and literatures in English. She is co-founder of the University of Maroua Drama and Poetry Club. She is the vice president of the Association Camerounaise Des Dames de la Plume. She has published six books entitled: Christmas Carols in June, Going Home, Inklings from My Ink, Lamentations From the Desert, The Poetic Vision and Research and Development. She also has a wide array of academic articles in renowned international journals. In addition, she has sprinkled her ink drops on prominent literary and creative anthologies across the globe. Presently, she is the Head of Service for Admissions and Records in the University of Buea. Nyirongo Moses is a Zambian poet and a passionate writer. He started writing during his secondary school days. He has a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science at Copperbelt University, Zambia. He writes on diverse themes like Love, Poverty, Wars, and so on. He has featured in different anthologies like Smile African Child which is owned by a Sudanese author who owns a Facebook-page called “The Healing Power of Poetry”. His poems have been published in the international Anthology Lamentations from the Desert compiled and edited by the Cameroonian author; Ethel Joffi Molua-Ewusi. His works also feature in different magazines like The P.L.O.T.S-Creative Magazine run by Maxwanette, a Nigerian poetess and Nazmehayat publishers an Indian publishing company. Nyirongo Moses owns a Facebook-page called “Quotes and Poetry Forum.” He has received multiple poetry awards from international poetry groups. Daniel Mununga hails from Zambia and reads English Law in the University of Chalimbana. He attended Sekela Secondary School on the Copperbelt province of Zambia. He started having the passion for writing at the age of 14 when he got inspired by a 9-year-old girl in America whom he saw on TV. From that day he has been perfecting and practicing his poetic gift day by day. He has sprinkled his poetry in various social media handles especially on international Facebook groups. His works have been published in the international anthology Lamentations from the Desert.
Cries From a Broken Heart finely chronicles the human heart with a combination of therapeutic poems to heal broken souls. We can feel less alone, for example, if we remind ourselves that others have felt likewise. In “You Can’t Break Me,” the poets of this collection say: “You cannot break me. In between the cracks… I am held together by the bones of mountains.” Man turns to poetry first for support before turning to a therapist for help when he experiences difficult feelings and challenging emotions. This is a poetry collection written to comfort street kids, orphans, widows, the vulnerable, and those facing wars in their countries. Cries From a Broken Heart embraces all our hopes for finding poetry’s therapeutic powers like in “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” by the American poet Emily Dickinson. Others who have lost hope in love, are encouraged to read this fascinating collection; Cries From a Broken Heart to heal and renew their hope no matter what, no matter where, no matter when…
Dr Ayo Ayoola-Amale
Poet and Director, Splendors of Dawn Poetry Foundation Ghana.
