A Stranger's Pose

A Strangers Pose is a masterpiece in travel writing. It is impossible not to feel connected with Iduma's introspections on the impact of the people, places and culture he visits. The collection is visceral, observational and reflective. It also reads like a personal reflection on people's responses t......more

Remembering is not a mere act of will.- Emmanuel Each chapter is a snapshot, an experience, experiment and a questioning as our narrator moves between place and space, meeting old friends, acquaintances and making new connections as he goes from city to village to town in these nations. Although Iduma......more

I have never read anything like this before. This book contains beautiful and timeless writing that had me returning over and over again till I was done reading in a short time. I aspire to be able to craft words like this someday!......more

Emmanuel Iduma's 'A Stranger's Pose' is a truly unique and beautiful book. Part travelogue, part poetry and part musings of a truly imaginative and tender soul. He takes us on a journey like no other with his memories and reflections, interspersed with photographs, of his journeys across African cit......more

Emmanuel Iduma's A Stranger's Pose is a beautiful and necessary book: There is so few (published) African travel writing and this is book is a stellar example. Small vignettes, between prose and poetry, tell from Iduma's travels through several towns in several African countries. This is travelogue,......more