My Gambian and Other Poems is a collection of poems that revolves around love, pain, loss and nature. The poet holds the sun and moon and carries the song of Gambia in his poems. He renders beautiful imagery and powerful diction to convey his interest on birds of light. Obinna's powerful lines sing.
Obinna Chilekezi's Songs of a Stranger at the Smiling Coast is a collection of poems that revolves around love, loss and nature. The poet renders in powerful lines the beauty and burdens of the rivers Niger and Gambia.Obinna Chilekezi announces his arrival with a strong love collection that invokes passion. The poems in this collection underline the compelling passion of the poet, which is held together by motifs of the African pastoral landscape and rivers. He employs imagery and sample diction to convey his love on the wings of time. Chilekezi's lines echo Neruda.