"The limited hardcover anthology edition of the nane chapbook box set." --Cover page 4.
Contents:
Introduction / Kwame Davies, Chris Abani -- Bitter, and sweet / Ayan M. Omar (Somalia) -- Dugsi girl / Edil Hassan (Somalia) -- Dust to dust / Lameese Badr (Sudan) -- Field of no justice / Sara Elkamel (Egypt) -- Handrails / Cynthia Amoah (Ghana) -- The hope of floating has carried us so far / Precious Arinze (Nigeria) -- In her deepest sleep, Madam Lisette Talate returns to Chagos / Saradha Soobrayen (Mauritania) -- Invocations / Kolawole Samuel Adebayo (Nigeria) -- Keep the bodies buried / Selina Nwulu (Nigeria) -- Koola Lobitos / Ajibola Tolase (Nigeria) -- Miryan Magdalit / Jeremy Teddy Karn (Liberia) -- My poets don't die / Qutouf Yahia (Sudan) -- Sister / Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu (Nigeria)
Summary:
The limited-edition box set is a project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks every year by African poets through Akashic Books. The series seeks to identify the best poetry written by African poets working today, and it is especially interested in featuring poets who have not yet published their first full-length book of poetry. The thirteen poets included in this box set are: Selina Nwulu, Ayan M. Omar, Jeremy Teddy Karn, Ajibola Tolase, Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu, Sara Elkamel, Precious Arinze, Lameese Badr, Qutouf Yahia, Edil Hassan, Kolawole Adebayo, Cynthia Amoah, and Saradha Soobrayen"
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.