Yusef Komunyakaa thinks like a scholar and writes like a jazz musician. His poems wail and swing to the back beat of African American history to tell you that this man knows what he’s talking about.

(MENAFN- The Post) This is the first of eight volumes in the African Pulse series from Oxford University Press; as the publisher's note states 'the texts translated for this series have been ...

In times of uncertainty, many readers turn to poetry, seeking not just consolation but clarity. “Unlocked: Poems for Critical Times” brings South African poems to those facing the isolation, confusion ...

English in Africa, Vol. 46, No. 2 (AUGUST 2019), pp. 103-122 (20 pages) This article analyses a selection of South African English and Afrikaans humorous and satirical poems and songs about the ...

Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni is back with a latest anthology entitled “100 Best African American poems.” The book features a wide range of poets from Langston Hughes to Tupac. Host Michel Martin ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. From the African-born poet who wrote "The African Speaks" and "Azania," The ...

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 ...

Keith Gottschalk is an ANC member, but writes this review in his personal capacities as a historian and a poet. Fortunately for the rest of us South Africans, the apartheid police state often shot ...

Camille Yarborough sings African music behind a traditional "kinara" candelabra during a news preview of the Kwanzaa 2004: We Are Family' festival at the American Museum of Natural History, Dec. 22, ...