“Kiss of Life”

Title“Kiss of Life”
Year for Search2024
AuthorsVerrone, P. C.
Secondary AuthorsWagner, Phoebe
Secondary TitleFIYAH Literary Magazine
Pagination8-22
Date PublishedWinter 2022
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Something of an allegory on slavery in which “Angels” appear needing help to build bridges between Africa and their world and the world of the protagonist, a girl that thy use go communicate with the other inhabitants. After the Angels leave, Prophets arrive preaching that there had never been any Angels and the bridges had always been there.

Full Text

2024 Verrone, P. C. “Kiss of Life.” FIYAH Literary Magazine, no. 29 (Winter 2024): 8-22.

Something of an allegory on slavery in which “Angels” appear needing help to build bridges between Africa and their world and the world of the protagonist, a girl that thy use go communicate with the other inhabitants. After the Angels leave, Prophets arrive preaching that there had never been any Angels and the bridges had always been there.