Serengeti Noise

by Kesau'c N. Hill

‘Serengeti Noise’ is the story of the birthing of a man. Prison can make a boy believe that he is as the penal system has defined him. In this case, prison was the place where a boy fought to find the man within him; allowing himself to be touched by the goodness of three outstretched branches that were handed to him. He used the branches, to slowly beat the anger out of himself; while everyone around him remained as the system had defined them. This is a book about truth, where the author’s frenzied prison wall poetry saved his life, his words bringing awareness to his need to be something more. This is a book about the power of the inner sanctum. The author’s depth of recognition of his innate goodness, snatching the powerful lessons from his mentors and the strong women in his life; which became the foundation in which this amazing man/poet was birthed. “First there was the word, and the word became flesh and the word was truth.” I use this as a metaphor for the words that Kesau’c N. Hill has written within these pages. ‘Serengeti Noise’ is an astounding book of prose which left me with a sense of melancholy and hope, which I can’t quite shake or dismiss. Brenda-Lee Ranta, author of Myriad of Perceptions and Allegories