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Title:

New-generation African poets : a chapbook box set (Nane) / edited by Kwame Dawes & Chris Abani.

Edition:

Hardcover Anthology Edition

Publisher:

Akashic Books,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African poetry (English)--21st century.
Poets, Black--Literary collections--21st century.
Poetry--Black authors.
Poetry.

Other Authors:

African Poetry Book Fund.
Akashic Books, publisher.
Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville, 1962- writer of introduction. writer of introduction.
Abani, Chris, writer of introduction. writer of introduction.
Container of (work): Omar, Ayan M. Bitter and Sweet.
Container of (work): Hassan, Edil. Dugsi Girl.
Container of (work): Badr, Lameese. Dust to Dust.
Container of (work): Elkamel, Sara. Field of No Justice.
Container of (work): Amoah, Cynthia. Handrails.
Container of (work): Arinze, Precious. The Hope of Floating had Carried Us So Far.
Container of (work): Soobrayen, Saradha. In Her Deepest Sleep, Madam Lisette Talate Returns to Chagos.
Container of (work): Adebayo, K. Invocations.
Container of (work): Nwulu, Selina. Keep the Bodies Buried.
Container of (work): Tolase, Ajibola. Koola Lobitos.
Container of (work): Karn, Jeremy Teddy, 1996- Miryam Magdalit.
Container of (work): Yahia, Qutouf. My Poets Don't Die.
Container of (work): Nuhu, Hauwa Shaffii. Sister.

Notes:

"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"

Series:

African poetry book series ; 8.

ISBN:

1636140599
9781636140599

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1412053070

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)