Ninth chapbook box set in the New-generation African poets series ("tisa" is nine in Swahili). Title from slip case. All volumes have individual ISBNs on title page verso except for Intro. "Cover art: Ancestor's Essence-4, Victor Ekpuk. Cover design: Petrovich/Habibio."--Slip case bottom. "The limited-edition box set is an annual project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks 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"--African Poetry Book Fund website (viewed 2023, June 28). The eleven poets included in this box set are: Samuel A. Adeyemi, Nikitta Dede Adjirakor, O-Jeremiah Agbaakin, Rabha Ashry, Jakky Bankong-Obi, Hazem Fahmy, Alain Jules Hirwa, Jay Kophy, Tawiah Naana Akua Mensah, Phodiso Modirwa, and Nneoma Veronica Nwogu.
Contents:
[12] What still yields / Jakky Bankong-Obi. [2] At the gates / Hazem Fahmy -- [3] Grief and ecstasy / Rabha Ashry -- [4] Hairpins / Alain Jules Hirwa -- [5] Here, there, and what is broken in between / Nneoma Veronica Nwogu -- [6] Learning to say my name / Nikitta Dede Adjirakor -- [7] A litany on loss / Tawiah Naana Akua Mensah -- [8] Maceration / Jay Kophy -- [9] Rose ash / Samuel A. Adeyemi -- [10] The sign of the tam / O-Jeremiah Agbaakin -- [11] Speaking in code / Phodiso Modirwa -- [12] What still yields / Jakky Bankong-Obi.
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