Resumo de Millennial

Millennial is the triad of Chin Ce's anthology of poems that began in 1984. The poet notes of this volume as the crystallisation of travel experiences which involved making new friends and creating mutual friendships that survive the heartbreaks of the millennial dawn. But the haunting dirge tenor of most recent poetry from Africa is still perceptible. The poems are replete with ideas of losses and disappointments in personal relationships on the one hand, and between citizen and nation state on the other.In spite of this tone of disappointment, Chin Ce?s Millennial holds a deeper evocative appeal towards the interpretation of individual and collective human history and experience from a higher perspective. "I have learnt to be the fool" the poet begins. The beginning verses commence like a journey. The first is the song of the fool who must ask questions to learn new things and integrate within himself the wisdom that is never lost again. He bids goodbye to loved ones as the journey begins, goodbyes which are also friendly exhortations. The poet's journeys are physical as well as psychological. Space and consciousness interact remarkably on a continuum of possible meanings and rediscoveries. The physical spaces are mainly the West African countries of Togo, Ghana and Benin where comparisons with the poets own nation state come in subtle, humorous commentaries. The failure of Nigeria and her leaders is contrasted with the relative success of smaller West African nation states. The mention of Rawlings of Ghana in the line ?Rawlings was here" is probably in reference to the revolution of the former Ghanaian president which cleansed the nation of political corruption and abuse of office by men in uniform, a feat that had eluded Nigeria all through the dawn of the millennium.After these journeys, Chin Ce?s Millennial returns home with his ribaldry at the head of his nation who is cast in image of a blood lusting warrior. The poem, Exile, contemplates the paradox of the logic of fellow nationals who flee the home state to Europe and the United States only to adopt western mannerisms and become third-rate citizens in foreign lands.Finally in the end part, the journeys of the Millennial come back to the heart of the most asked philosophical dilemmas of service to universal good. For the poet, this service which benefits even plant life is the end game of human ambitions. Chin Ce hereby evokes a sense of duty and friendship in very small ways that care for the environment and fauna of Africa. His sensitivity as a poet of strong ancestral memory reveals itself in this witty amalgam of short and long lines of rebuke, encouragement and celebration of universal human longing and awareness.

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