Twenty-five years after publication of The Shadows of Power, James Perloff returns to the venue of political history, an......more
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The Truth behind your Journey Above and Beneath truth hurt but it will make you free in deed. This Journey is life of yo......more
The strength of Mandela the Spear and other Poems lies in Okai s burning desire to celebrate the black experience and cu......more
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These traveler s impressions across cultural and psychological spaces portray the two sides of this coin called life, of......more
This collection dissects post-independence Cameroon as a representative postcolonial junction. The history that assists ......more
In this carefully thought-through anthology, Bole Butake brings Cameroonian poets of different generations, gender, regi......more
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Love Gifts is a love sequence: the poetic rendering of the relationship between the minstrel and his muse over a long pe......more
The Cowrie Necklace is a graphic account of the struggle for meaning in life. The poems are a carefully woven sizzling a......more
Windows and Holidays is a collection of poetry that resonates with a young person’s expectations of a world which unfold......more
It took me a while to build but after seventy seven days of working day and night, often to the point of collapse, I fin......more
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First Harvests are expressions of impressions on a variety of local and universal phenomena and states of being. It is t......more
Ungentle Touch: Poems from the fireplace of arrested love is Titus Bonie Moetsabi s third published collection of poetry......more
In Divine Infinity Love, Nash Ndemo takes the subject of love head on. Love, a universal theme, is perhaps the deepest e......more
This is an anthology of poems by a mother and daughter. The mother (Gretchen) is more conservative with her words yet st......more
This is a dense, erudite collection of finely crafted poems that powerfully reflect on vices such as war, bad governance......more
Roselyne M. Jua has taught English and American Literature and Creative Writing at the Universities of Yaounde (1986-199......more
We Have Crossed Many Rivers: New Poetry from Africa is a fascinating anthology of some of the finest contemporary poetic......more
ELOISE has been writing for over 40 years and not until now that she decided to put some of her work together in one pla......more
A Fallen Citadel and Other Poems is a powerful collection of over forty prose poems. The poems cover an array of issues ......more
Death of Hardship kaleidoscopically unveils human intrigues, predicaments and woes. It brings into sharp focus the most ......more
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Hédi Kaddour’s poetry arises from observation, from situations both ordinary and emblematic--of contemporary life, of hu......more
The fiery passion and epigrammatic terseness with which Loretta Burns re-enacts her experiences and observations as an A......more
There are a total of nine contributors to this Anthology. All are immigrants from Africa to America, except two people; ......more
OBIWU received his Ph.D. (with distinction) in English with emphasis on Critical Theory from Syracuse University, Syracu......more
In this collection Ayuninjam attempts to capture his sentiments on many plains. He also takes the liberty to capture the......more
Smiles in Pathos and Other Poems is a collection of selected poems by Khainga O’Okwemba. The poet stands on the opposite......more
To name something is to call it into life, to determine its future. If we let our children name themselves, will they au......more
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At Least the Duck Survived offers a series of lyrical observations about old age, retirement and approaching death; abou......more
The hemispheric pull between Europe and Africa and the restlessness that results from inhabiting both worlds is reflecte......more
The collection of poems is an intriguing reflection of the sometimes torturous evolution of inner self which so many Sou......more
Forty-two poems by Dawn Garisch, a doctor who writes, a poet who walks, a researcher who dances. She lives in Cape Town ......more
These are poems of drowning and coming up again. Of surviving with lungs that breathe water and sunlight. These are poem......more
Crying in Hiccoughs is a graphic presentation of the more realistic phase of Africa s politico-economic and historico-mo......more
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Winner of the PEN USA Literary Award for Translation Mahmoud Darwish was that rare literary phenomenon: a poet both accl......more
Shadows, as the title insinuates, splits open and lays bare the frightening vision of humanity, the heart of man depress......more
This collection of poems spans a wide range of themes and subjects, including culture, politics, socio-economics, enviro......more
Sing Love 101 a collection of 101 love poems in which this wordsmith worth his words brings together the good, the bad a......more
Melissa Butler lives in Cape Town and Pittsburgh, PA. In the US, she teaches kindergarten. In South Africa, she writes a......more
Kerry Hammerton is a poet, writer and alternative health practitioner. She is a graduate of The University of the Witwat......more
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The Beauty I Have Seen. A Trilogy comprises three phases in a poetic journey, ranging from the poet (here called a minst......more
Colleen Higgs launched Modjaji Books, the first publishing house for southern African women writers, in 2007. Her first ......more
Wanjohi wa Makokha s Nest of Stones is the second book of poems, since the publication of Sitawa Namwalie s Cut off my T......more
Poet Mbuh Tennu Mbuh is a lecturer in the English Department, University of Yaound I. A pioneer member of the Anglophone......more
Writing therapy is a varied collection of poems of a brisk, forward taste. The poet uses her poems as a form of expressi......more
Bill NDI s Bleeding Red: Cameroon in Black and White is another masterpiece from a poet with a deeply political vision. ......more
Anxiety In Mosaic is a sum up of a man s fears and hopes into a volume of poetry; anxieties that span a cross section of......more
In Strange Passions John Ngong Kum Ngong s vocation and prime obsession remain constant - the soul of the nation. Passio......more
How else does the ramified phenomenon of greed (corruption, nepotism, extreme self-aggrandizement, megalomanic tendencie......more
Ingrid Andersen was born in Johannesburg, read for a degree in English literature at Wits and is presently completing he......more
Soweto during the 1970s was riven with violence and brutality, the brunt of which was borne by the young people of that ......more
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Forest Echoes is a literary quilt revealing a mature poet bestriding generations as he patches together a people s cultu......more
In this collection, Bill F. NDI resorts to more sagacious versification (rhyme constraints, alliterations and at times t......more
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