There are some languages and cultures which may never be redeemed as they collapse under the guise of industrialisation and progress. When language suffers, then naturally culture becomes the biggest loser. In the African experience, European languages seem to take precedence over indigenous ones, which are pushed to the brink of extinction. It is worth noting that when different cultures converge, language, which is the major informant of cultural values, suffers. The education system, economic impetus and social cohesion are still under the tutelage of alien powers. The imperialist’s presence is still felt in the administrative apparatus of the new governments that cannot wean themselves from the imperial power because of neocolonialism. His experiences in Malawi, Zambia, and Botswana among other counties have shaped his resolve to side with the voiceless and displaced Africans who continue to be weighed down by hegemonic machinations of the erstwhile coloniser, years after independence. The poet, who is British by birth, has travelled extensively through Africa as a scholar and film-marker. Cultural integration whose root may be traced back to slavery another thorny issue, and colonisation has its own fair share of casualties especially in the recipient communities. DAVID Kerr’s collection of poems “Tangled Tongues” (2003) visits the all too sensitive and yet familiar landscape of inter-cultural existence as individuals are thrown off board in their quest to co-exist in a global village.