With work from over 350 poets across 24 countries, the project hopes to elevate the African voice in arts and culture. The first-ever African poetry archive is rewriting history and doing something ...

Slapering Hol Press’s Seven New Generation African Poets, a box set of eight chapbooks edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani as part of the Poetry Foundations Poets in the World Series, seeks to ...

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The University of Johannesburg Arts & Culture is set to host the Joburg chapter of the Poetry Africa International Festival, a highly anticipated event showcasing poetry and creative arts from October ...

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South African poetry, rich with history, has long been an underappreciated cornerstone of the country's cultural landscape. But a new free-to-access digital archive is helping change that. Focused on ...

With work from over 350 poets across 24 countries, the project hopes to elevate the African voice in arts and culture. African Arts and Culture The first-ever African poetry archive is rewriting ...

The African Poetry Book Series, made public earlier this week, will feature the work of African poets each year, publishing four titles beginning in 2014. The series was established in connection with ...

“On Imagination” is the opening poem in the Library of America’s “African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song.” It was written by Phillis Wheatley in the mid-17th century. Wheatley was ...

There are many things, many achievements to celebrate in the life and career of my friend, comrade and brother, Niyi Osundare, especially on the occasion of his attaining the age of 70 in a country ...

South African poetry, rich with history, has long been an underappreciated cornerstone of the country’s cultural landscape. But a new free-to-access digital archive is helping change that. Focused on ...

With work from over 350 poets across 24 countries, the project hopes to elevate the African voice in arts and culture. The Badilisha Poetry X-Change, a website launched in 2012 by the Africa Centre, ...