Her poem I’ve Come to Take You Home was written into French law. It deals with the repatriation of the remains of Sarah ...

For the award-winning poet, who will be honored at the National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College next week, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — As she stands before crowds to perform her poems, Rhea Carmon uses her voice to create spaces for conversations on current issues of social change and justice. It’s through ...

Joshua Bennett’s two new collections, “We” and “The People Can Fly,” take different paths to the same destination.

Since launching in Flint in 2022, the Black Dandelion initiative was launched in Flint back in 2022. It has grown into an ...

Articles. Return to West Africa / Abioseh Nicol -- Requiem for Sophiatown / Can Themba -- Ibos as they are / Onyenaekeya Udeagu -- The widows of the reserves / Phyllis Ntantala -- Why I ran away / ...

It’s #WorldPoetryDay! Celebrate with us by enjoying these examples of incredible literature and personal expression by poets from across the African continent. Bassey Ikpi, a Nigerian-born but America ...

‘Gbenga Adeoba was born and raised in Akure, Nigeria. In an interview, he said, “About a decade before I was born, a traveling neighbor left his stacks of books with my father but never came back to ...

'Abiku' is an interesting word in Nigeria literary sphere, Ben Okri's novel The Famished Road is based upon an abiku. Here are 3 other poems on Abiku you should read. 'Abiku' is an interesting word in ...

RENOWNED poet and musician Albert Nyathi’s poems, My Son and My Daughter, were auctioned for US$180 at the recently held Enterprise Leaders and Innovators Society for Africa (ELISA) summit at Gwango ...