Best New African Poets 2021 Anthology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mwanaka, Rinos.

Contributor:

Moussa, Balddine.

Series:

Best New African Poets Anthology

Best New African Poets Anthology ; v.2021

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Limited, 2022.

Summary:

In Best New African Poets 2021 Anthology there are 18 French speaking African poets from DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Chad, Senegal, Comoros and more... 14 Portuguese speaking poets from Angola, Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique and 63 English speaking African poets from among other countries, South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone. A full gamut of issues is dissected, from love, marriage, relationships, spirituality, politics, culture, tradition, environmentalism, and the interstellar etc. Included are two collaborations: the first deals with marriage, juxtaposing Monogamy vs Polygamy with the 21th century lived experience; the second imagines humanity living as intergalactic beings. The poets were asked to be imaginative (to be fictional poets), to try to create and imagine human agency in this interstellar civilization approaching. There is also featured 5 group interviews with 5 previous contributors to this series. These interviews were interactive and collaborative, with largely the BNAP groups interviewing a poet, critically engaging with their work and discussing the literary and social aspects the poetry addressed. And lastly 4 reviews of African poetry.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

About editors

Contributors' Bio Notes

Introduction Note

English poems

REVOLT IN THE FOREST. Iloke, Chukwuemeka

Your Music. Uche Uwadinachi

Omalishanwa. Uche Uwadinachi

HER PAINS ON A PORTRAIT. Abu Bakarr Kamara

THE PORTRAIT OF PIETERSON. Abu Bakarr Kamara

Fate. Olaiya Alfred

The Question. Olaiya Alfred

YET TO SEE THE DIVINE. Amani Nsemwa

A Ghost's Reflection Post-Depression. Andile Ecalpar Nayika

Corners of Constriction. Andile Ecalpar Nayika

A Dream of the Southern Shores. Andile Ecalpar Nayika

We are Flowers. Jonas Zaithwa Chisi

My Africa. Gonapragasen Kathan Naicker AKA Danny

A long letter to my trustees. Oscar Gwiriri

Haiku. Priscilla Arthur

Relics (Senbun). Priscilla Arthur

It Shall Blossom Again. Nkaimbi Wan N'tieh

How Many More shall they kill? Nkaimbi Wan N'tieh

Binging Wind. Mohau Mohlope

COLOURING SEQUENCE. Mohau Mohlope

Lifeforce. Mohau Mohlope

BOWLER. Xolile Mabuza

AROUND THE SUN. Xolile Mabuza

DEATH. Xolile Mabuza

LOVERITHM. Gideon Sagbo

inner sanctum. Archie Swanson

Victim. Susan Gamuchirai Muchirahondo

DEAR IVORA. Obidinma Jennifer Chinenye

THE PHOENIX. Ojonugwa John Attah

SIGHTS AND SIGHTS. Ojonugwa John Attah

THE BROKEN POT. Emmanuel Tumwesige

TO MY SON… Ntensibe Joseph

Remember Me in December. Litsitso Cooper

RISING. Emman Usman Shehu

LEKKI LIE. Emman Usman Shehu

NO WHISPER. Emman Usman Shehu

before the month is over. Goodenough Mashego

As we march on (Re Batho le Mmino). Goodenough Mashego

before the month is over (take two). Goodenough Mashego

The Artist. Daisy May

Lighthouse or the storm. Daisy May

Still Alive. Chenjerai Mhondera

#&amp

+/-. Chenjerai Mhondera

The Lost Kingdoms. Fayssal Chafaki

African Unity. Fayssal Chafaki.

THE PEOPLE CALLED AFRICANS. EGWUMA DEBORAH OJOCHENEMI

The wake of a new dawn. Flavia Waighala

MOTHER NATURES BOWL IS EMPTY. Glamour Adah

WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DRY. Glamour Adah

THE TALKING DRUM THAT HAS NO BEAT. Glamour Adah

Me To Wo Nkabom Ho Nwom. Adjei Agyei-Baah na ɔtwereɛ

I Sing of Your Unity. Adjei Agyei-Baah

Pentsiwa. Mede ma medc, me yere, ne me nkwa. Adjei Agyei-Baah na ɔtwereɛ

Pentsiwa. For my love, wife &amp

life. Adjei Agyei-Baah

POEM 2. Musa Mukelwa Simelane

POISONED FRUIT. Jabulani Mzinyathi

MELODY. Jabulani Mzinyathi

THE QUEEN. Jabulani Mzinyathi

Hindsight. Kirsten Miller

Mornings. Kirsten Miller

River crossing. Kirsten Miller

Konke endikwaziyo… Lubabalo Tatase

Intliziyo yam...

These are the things. Lubabalo Tatase

Make Me. Emmanuel Mwenye

The Gemini of lovers. Musa B Jibril

My last wish. Musa B Jibril

Rough life. Musa B Jibril

LACERATED GLOMERULUS. Wilson Waison

ON THE WAY . . . ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ

H O M E? Ja hey ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ

STATE OF THE DOMINANT SPECIES. ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ

Sunset at Lekki. Jide Ajidahun

The Ashes of Beauty. Jide Ajidahun

KING YOU (Dedicated to my late father) Onuchi Mark Onoruoiza

RESTORATION. Onuchi Mark Onoruoiza

BANKABLE SUPERWOMEN (Dedicated to African corporate women on the rise) Onuchi Mark Onoruoiza

Omoerio Bwebikoroto e'Bitigire. Bonface Nyamweya

The Fate of the Abandoned Shoes. Translation by Bonface Nyamweya

Ona Ule Duwu. Mohammed U. Yusuf

Exit Door. Translation by Mohammed U. Yusuf

Ononojo. Mohammed U. Yusuf

Stranger. Translation by Mohammed U. Yusuf

Pledged. Adiela Akoo

COUPLING (Sonnet). Adiela Akoo

There was a time. Dennis Brad Kunguru

I AM. DANIELS NANNA

Early year rains. Obinna Chilekezi

Dimly and unwillingly, I had to leave. Obinna Chilekezi.

Night rain. Obinna Chilekezi

Men for Worms. Clement Chukwuka Idegwu

Cross -Examine. Clement Chukwuka Idegwu

Life is a Tempest. Clement Chukwuka Idegwu

LONELY EMBERS. Wisdom C. Nwoga

AMBUSH. Wisdom C. Nwoga

NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA. T. O. Adesanmi

3 A.M. RANDHEER PRITHIRAJ

A Prayer for Peace. Deena Padayachee

QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY. Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana

RITES OF PASSAGE. Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana

HINTSA'S PORTRAIT. Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana

Class. Zongezile Matshoba

Angry. Zongezile Matshoba

Elections. Zongezile Matshoba

MELANIN GODDESS. Ogunleye Gbemisola

Black Boy. Ogunleye Gbemisola

We are Gods. Joseph Daniel Sukali

Spectators. Yugo Gabriel Egboluche

Now gods. Yugo Gabriel Egboluche

Soliloquies of an African Poet. Yugo Gabriel Egboluche

THE BELIEF. Mohamed Fuad Kamara

The Night Worker. Gabla Godwin

The Sound of Things Bold to Speak (-for Pius Adesanmi). Hopewell Amana

Meditation. Hopewell Amana

Heaven's Colonies. Hopewell Amana

Bans (fourth reading). Austin Kaluba

Not yet Uhuru. Austin Kaluba

I am Afrika. Austin Kaluba

FATE. Precious Ifeoma Benjamin

This is not Poetry. Valentine Okolo

You Remind Me. Valentine Okolo

Storm. Valentine Okolo

HOPE FOR BETTER FUTURE. Yemi Orasakin

THE UNCONDITIONAL ORDER. Yemi Orasakin

THE OBNOXIOUS POLICIES. Yemi Orasakin

French poetry

La Sphinge. Sadlay Fiat-lux Hounyeme

Vivre selon Lui. Sadlay Fiat-lux Hounyeme

L'enfance. Sadlay Fiat-lux Hounyeme

Amour ingénieux. Arnold Mondo Kobi

Pourquoi amour ? Arnold Mondo Kobi

Je suis tombé amoureux. Arnold Mondo Kobi

Opportuniste reine. Akpao Gninwo Armel

Oh, non ! Sanogo Ousmane

Le miroir. Sanogo Ousmane

Ce soir. Sanogo Ousmane

Lettre à ma dulcinée Charlotte. Diafouka Mabiala Presneil Aimerith.

Lettre à ma dulcinée Charlotte. Diafouka Mabiala Presneil Aimerith

Dolisie… Diafouka Mabiala Presneil Aimerith

Chant du tangage. ITOUA L'Okalé

Les larmes de Mars. ITOUA L'Okalé

La vaine attente. ITOUA L'Okalé

TSIKA MTITI. Naida MOUSSA

J'étais petite. Traduction à Naida MOUSSA

Fraîcheur des vents calmes. Alvie MOUZITA

MwasiKitoko. Alvie MOUZITA

Incantation du feu. Alvie MOUZITA

SOURDE OUÏE. DJIKOLOUM BIENVENU

CONSEILS DE NGANA. DJIKOLOUM BIENVENU

Mon africain. TSOKINI Emmanuelle

L'unité. TSOKINI Emmanuelle

L'amour sans LUI. ELEMVA Sarai

Vingt ans ET plus. ELEMVA Sarai

L'ainé. ELEMVA Sarai

Hommage à la nature. CHANDRELLE. N. MOUNTOULA

L'HUMUS DE L'ÉTRANGER. DJELASSEM Ghislain

JE DÉTESTE LE BLANC. DJELASSEM Ghislain

JE TE PARLE. DJELASSEM Ghislain

Mis par-cours. Précieux GOMA

Résurrection. Précieux GOMA

Grandeur humaine. Précieux GOMA

LES RELENTS DE LA DEMOCRATIE AFRICAINE. DJEGUEDEM TRÉSOR

DANS LES DECOMBRES DE LA DEMOCRATIE. DJEGUEDEM TRÉSOR

Le siècle de gloire. EL BASSE

Elle… Abdou Rafiou BEREKOU

Souffle. Abdou Rafiou BEREKOU

Une part d'elles… Abdou Rafiou BEREKOU

Tsi zimbi. Balddine Moussa

Je suis en colère. Traduction a Balddine Moussa

Portugues poetry

Superiores. Lizete Zitoe

Dormes e eles matam-te. Lizete sitoe

Queria ser você. Lizete sitoe

MONTE PERTO DO CÉU. Maria Manuel Menezes

UMA ESTRADA PARA A PAZ. Maria Manuel Menezes

A COR DO MUNDO. Maria Manuel Menezes

Os Outros Viventes Que Vi. Benedito Carlos Ngome

Mares de Mim. Benedito Carlos Ngome

O amor é uma criança. Benedito Carlos Ngome

O miúdo da rua. Larson Da Piedade Bento Fernando

Há sempre um caminho. Larson Da Piedade Bento Fernando

Eu sou o amorLarson Da Piedade Bento Fernando

Amarra capulana mulher. Osório Herno Feliciano Vilanculos.

Doença do século. Osório Herno Feliciano Vilanculos

No meu tempo. Dalton Alfândega

I'm soldier. Dalton Alfândega

O desamor. Dalton Alfândega

Mulher do defensor da paz. Niurka da Orla

Vinte anos. Gerónimo Daniel Mabote

Guerra. Leide Tila

Verdades Ocultas. Leide Tila

A pobreza chegou e fez-me sua preza. Leide Tila

Amor resiliente. Lorna Telma Zita

Mulher. Lorna Telma Zita

Há que respeitar. Lorna Telma Zita

O VERDADEIRO AMOR DA TUA VIDA. João Chico António Santos

O LIVRO. João Chico António Santos

FACEBOOK. João Chico António Santos

Mau dia para ser um bom poeta. Hilton Dany

Palavras ao vento. Hilton Dany

Rio. Hilton Dany

Génesis. Fernando Paciencia Luteiro Palaia

Cristalina. Fernando Paciencia Luteiro Palaia

Lágrima na garganta. Fernando Paciência Luteiro Palaia

O CÃO E O PORTÃO. Luciano Canhanga

Poetics

Collaborations

Polygamy vs Monogamy collaboration

Intergalactic Beings collaboration

INTERVIEWS

Best New African Poets Interview with South African Poet, Archie Swanson

Best New African Poets Group Interview of Tanzanian poet Amani Nsemwa

Best New African Poets Interview with Kenyan poet, Richard Mbuthia

Best New African Poets Interview with Malawian poet Joseph Sukali

Best New African Poets Interview with Zimbabwean poet, Oscar Gwiriri

Reviews

Poetry and Mother Nature: Review of Selected Poems in Best "New" African Poets 2017 Anthology

Review of "beyond a distant edge" by Archie Swanson (Baldarchi Publishing

2021)

How Mzinyathi brought the Zimbabwe case to the world: a review of "Under the steel yoke.

Oliver Schreiner Prize for Poetry 2020 - Review

Back cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781779272706

1779272707

OCLC:

1346365718