A new edition of the definitive collection of modern poetry from Africa
Poetry, always foremost of the arts in traditional Africa, writes Gerald Moore, has continued to compete for primacy against the newer forms of prose fiction and theatre drama. Now... [More...]

Kalakuta Republic is a powerful collection of poems detailing the harrowing experiences endured by Abani and others at the hands of Nigeria's military regime in the late 1980s. Abani's poems are dedicated to those who experienced but did not live through... [More...]

A new collection of poetry from a Nobel-prize winning author. Written during a period of enforced exile from his native Nigeria, these poems offer a traveler's perspective on the closing years of the twentieth century.

A broad spectrum of poets— including Tupac Shakur, Ntozake Shange, and Seamus Heaney— pay tribute to Nelson Mandela in this collection that stretches from Mandela’ s imprisonment in 1963 to his 87th birthday in 2005. Nearly  100 poems... [More...]

"Ingrid de Kok's poetry leaves me defenseless. I cannot respond to it as a friend, or reviewer, or journalist, or academic. It goes straight to my poetry heart. And I respond like a fool."-Antjie Krog
"Read these poems to yourself late at night, in the... [More...]

This completely new edition is the only scholarly work on the poetry of popular and mass culture among a people who are renowned for their passion for poetry. Johnson traces the beello movement from its origins as a youth culture, which in its early days... [More...]

A publication of the Centre for Development and Conflict Management Studies (CEDCOMS), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The study provides an overview of the relationship of the Nigerian State with oil; and of the oil communities engagement in violent conflict. It... [More...]

Celebrating a new generation of underground poets, Grammy-nominated Afro-European World Music artists "Les Nubians" set twenty-one young, urban, international poetry competition winners to music in this amazing dual-language book and CD release.... [More...]