especially for loav8r, that lover of all things cultural and poetic:
“Delirium,” is by María Nsue Angüe a famous muse of Fang origin,
Delirium
In the mirror of my past
there appear ghosts enmeshed
in a dark curtain, where my present
is shattered, and my future
crumbles in nothingness.
Faces of shadows swarm
in my mirror!
Your faces sketched by hunger
carry a stamp of misery as deep
as the revolving song of my sadness
that shouts at me to the depth of my bones
that I shall die like the offended Christ
who having been born in his time
those of his era did not recognize him.
—María Nsue Angüe
However, for poetry in Spanish, Juan Tomás Av́ila Laurel is one of the leading writers of Equatorial Guinea. He is the son of settlers from Annobón but he resides on the island of Bioko.
As an American you'll be delighted to know that it's even more corrupt than Nigeria, featuring at = 168 (of 179) on the TI Corruption index (Nigeria =147). Enjoy
