Shackled in Darkness

<p> <em>Shackled in Darkness </em>presents through a poetic format some of the burning contemporary and existential issues facing humankind.</p><p><br></p><p>This poetry collection is a clarion call not only for everyone to become aware of what is happening in the world but to motivate people to make the necessary mind-set changes that can be the basis for veritable and sustainable sociocultural and ecological transformations.</p><p><em>Shackled in Darkness</em> is divided into seven parts:</p><p><br></p><ol><li>Presents the concept of development as a series of myths based on the underlying voracious self-centeredness of dominant world powers.</li><li>Offers through graphic verses the HIV and AIDS scourge especially in Africa which is sustained by certain cultural stereotypes.</li><li>Focuses on the causes of violence surrounding the phenomena of apartheid xenophobia ethnic cleansing genocide and the Holocaust.</li><li>Rape of the Mother recounts the systematic destruction by humankind of the inestimable resources of Mother Earth and showing no care for future generations.</li><li>Recounts The Twilight of the Indigenous Peoples about the sorry plight of the excluded dispossessed and brutalized Native American Indians Australian Aborigines the Khoi-San of South Africa and the Pygmies of the equatorial rainforests.</li><li>Describes pseudo-education systems that proliferate and lead to massive unemployment and underemployment and the frightening unemployability of the products of the former.</li><li>Highlights the psychosocial dramas and hopes accompanying the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.</li></ol><p> </p><p> About the Author : Ilongo Fritz Ngale grew up in the English- and French-speaking regions of Cameroon. He is a senior lecturer in psychology and counseling and his hobbies include creative writing sports and traveling.</p><p> </p><p> </p>