Popular African Poetry Books
Find poetry books written by authors from Africa for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (30)
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Ich bin am Leben by Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu DE
EritreaDescription:
Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu ist eine in Eritrea bekannte Journalistin, Dichterin und Schriftstellerin, die bis zu ihrer Verhaftung 2009 Programmdirektorin des Bildungssenders Radio Bana war. Sie saß sechs Jahre ohne Anklage und Gerichtsverfahren im Militärgefängnis Mai Serwa, wo sie Verhören und körperlicher Folter ausgesetzt war. Nach einer weiteren Verhaftung 2016/2017 gelang ihr 2018 die Flucht nach Uganda. Sie hat bereits vor ihrer Inhaftierung mehr als 110 Gedichte geschrieben, die in privaten und regierungsnahen Zeitungen veröffentlicht worden waren. Die meis... continue
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Missing in Action and Presumed Dead : Poems by Rashidah Ismaili EN
BeninDescription:
Poems that tell the pain of being enslaved and displaced
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MalawiDescription:
From beloved Malawian storyteller Upile Chisala comes the revised and expanded edition of her second collection of poetry. In nectar, Chisala guides readers through a beautiful process of growth and renewal. These poems celebrate our always complex, sometimes troubled roots while encouraging us to grow through and beyond them toward a passionate self-love. Chisala's hope is that her words will encourage readers to sow seeds of change in their own lives and the lives of others.
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Nimrod : Selected Writings by Nimrod ; ed. Frieda Ekotto EN
ChadDescription:
The Chadian writer Nimrod—philosopher, poet, novelist, and essayist—is one of the most dynamic and vital voices in contemporary African literature and thought. Yet little of Nimrod’s writing has been translated into English until now. Introductory material by Frieda Ekotto provides context for Nimrod’s work and demonstrates the urgency of making it available beyond Francophone Africa to a broader global audience. At the heart of this volume are Nimrod’s essays on Léopold Sédar Senghor, a key figure in the literary and aesthetic Négritude movement of the 1930s and president of Senegal from 1945... continue
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No Gods Live Here : Poems by Conceicao Lima EN
Country: Africa / 
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe
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One of the few book-length poetry collections from São Tomé to appear in English, Lima's poetry is grounded in place and history of the region. A career-spanning collection from São Tomean master Conceição Lima, No Gods Live Here summons the intricacies of her personal history of the landscape with the complicated lineage of the region. Lima houses the cruelties of the country's past alongside childhood memories, flora, and fauna. Through vivid imagery, Lima's deep evocations of São Tomé extend from popular Santomean music to imagery of fishermen on the beach, while ever-aware of the subjectiv... continue
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Nomenclatures of Invisibility by Mahtem Shiferraw EN
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Through a lens simultaneously historical and political, Mahtem Shiferraw attends to personal and collective experiences of migration, motherhood, and immigration's complicated notions of home. In Nomenclatures of Invisibility, Shiferraw calls us to carve out space for the multitudes of selves we carry when we migrate across boundaries of body, language, and state. Through a decolonial poetics, giving name to everything in her path from the Italian colonization of Eritrea (and failure to colonize Ethiopia) to her beloved eucalyptus tree, she blurs physical and temporal borders, paying homage to... continue
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Poems and Short Stories of Seychelles and Beyond by Marion Zarqani Gendron EN
Country: Africa / 
Seychelles
Seychelles
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Do you wish to be inspired into an actual presence in the Seychelles? The Seychelles and Beyond is an experience of the captivating endearment of these magical islands set in a tropical paradise.This is much more than a travel experience ?
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Soft Magic by Upile Chisala EN
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'soft magic.' is the debut collection of prose and poetry by Malawian writer, Upile Chisala. This book explores the self, joy, blackness, gender, matters of the heart, the experience of Diaspora, spirituality and most of all, how we survive. 'soft magic.' is a shared healing journey.