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    This City Knows My Name
    This City Knows My Name
    This City Knows My Name
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    This City Knows My Name

    By Abayomi Abiru

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    These poems take an inward and outward journey. They represent memories of places visited.


    They tell stories of how to conquer loneliness in a strange land; how to plant footprints there and make it an extension of home. It is a form of vic

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInkdrops Press Ltd
    Release dateAug 19, 2022
    ISBN9781739104115
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