A strong poetic voice The Phoenix: A Collection of Poems by Juka Jabang Fulladu Publishers, 2012, 78 pages

The 34 poems in this new, and second collection of poems by The Gambia's leading and most consistent female poet Juka Jabang, can be thematised into three broad veins: celebration, lamentation and coronation. These beautiful poems treat a wide gamut of topics that serenade beauty and tenacity especially of the African woman, decry their suffering, and are positive also that the day is nigh when the pains of Africa will be crowned by success and happiness…