Afrows: Words of Subversion is a provocative anthology of protest poetry and prose, written by five students from the University of Cape Town. From 'Avengers of Fezekile' – which imagines an all-womxn anti-rape vigilante group – to texts that interrogate endemic racism, homophobia and government corruption in post-apartheid South Africa, Afrows bellows the defiant hopes of a new generation of Afrikan writers.

A collection of poetry spanning the full range of the African-born author's acclaimed career has been updated to include seven never-before-published works, as well as much of his early poetry that explores such themes as the African consciousness, the tragedy of Biafra, and the mysteries of human relationships.

One of South Africa’s greatest living poets selects from her most recent poems and also from the poems and the themes that best represent her from across her long career.Part One of Skinned contains poems about writing, family and love poems. The poems in second part were chosen from a volume featuring a long epic poem based on the life of Lady Anne Barnard from Scotland, who accompanied her husband to Cape Town and lived in the castle there from 1797 until 1802. This volu...

100 days... 100 days that should not have been... 100 days the world could have stopped. But did not.For 100 days, Juliane Okot Bitek recorded the lingering nightmare of the Rwandan genocide in a poem—each poem recalling the senseless loss of life and of innocence. Okot Bitek draws on her own family's experience of displacement under the regime of Idi Amin, pulling in fragments of the poetic traditions she encounters along the way: the Ugandan Acholi oral tradition of her father—th...

A RAINY DAY READER contains 100 poems by Stan Paregien. The poems range from the serious to the hillariously funny, from those with an academic bent to those with little redeeming social value (except for a smile or two). Great for that rainy day read. Poems include "N. Scott Momaday: A Literary Legend," "Had Any Lately?," "My Banker Ain't No Friend of Mine," "Cat Heaven," & "Smart Pills."

This is the final book in the 'Through The Smoke' trilogy by Pete Wilky, who seems to be going from strength to strength with his poetry. He is amassing quite a following on social media and is also attracting the attention of some high-profile names with a view to further projects. His finger is still firmly on the pulse of social commentary and the deviance of authority and power, which is reflected in these pages … but there is a wide variety of other more personal topics and subjects c...

The present work has been inspired out of a conglomerate of ideas, ideals, aspirations, desires and questions that have survived decades of existence and independence in Africa.This anthology introduces poems which educate, entertain, inspire and challenge not only Africans but Humanity to arise and shine. But in a new light, it is the fervent hope of the authors that the present work will inspire the desire to excel in many hearts and open up closed talents wherever the seeds land....

Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Ethiopian American Mahtem Shiferraw’s Fuchsia examines conceptions of the displaced, disassembled, and nomadic self. Embedded in her poems are colors, elements, and sensations that evoke painful memories related to deep-seated remnants of trauma, war, and diaspora. Yet rooted in these losses and dangers also lie opportunities for mending and reflecting, evoking a distinct sense of hope. Elegant and traditional, the poems ...

Harlem Nights and Footstep Blues is a poetry collection consisting of 65 poems. The poems are separated into 11 distinct sections that tell their own story, while still fitting into the overall story of the collection. Although not limited to African American influences and content, the collection is very much inspired by the work of African American poets and writers like Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Baldwin, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Frederick Douglass and from the black cultur...

Rain Upon us is a reflection of Africa's post colonial calamity. A book that ravels Africa's troubling present and a good collection of poems aimed at challenging stereotypical thinking by the author.

Echo at the Meridian is a collection of mellow and humorous poems and verses. It covers a wide variety of both contemporary and timeless themes like love, resilient human willpower, the insidious scepter of materialism on human freedom, African-gourd politics, as well as petty domestic intrigues. It is distinctive for its clarity, originality and profound imagery. All in all, Echo at the meridian

This fresh voice of Ghana, Cecilia, writes with a voluptuous passion. That's why these poems are a delight to the soul.Gheysika A. Agambila, Ph. DAuthor of 'Journey'