BEST “NEW” AFRICAN
POETS 2018 ANTHOLOGY/
ANTOLOGIE DES
MEILLEURES “NOUVEAUX” POETES AFRICAINS 2018/
ANTOLOGIA DOS MELHORES
“NOVOS” AFRICANOS 2018
Edited and Compiled by:
Tendai Rinos Mwanaka/
Nsah Mala
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Chitungwiza Zimbabwe
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Creativity, Wisdom and Beauty
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TABLE OF CONTENTS/TABLE DES MATIERES/TABELA DE CONTEUDOS
Part 1: Collaborations……………………………………….1-25
To the
god of fear: (Best “New” African Poets
Collaboration: Mbuthia, Ntensibe, Mairosi, Bolaji, Odewumi, Gwiriri, Malelah
The Poet, Guzha, Mwanaka, Mukwarimba, Maina, Swanson, Haile Saize I, Mhondera,
Maridzanyere, Mavolwane, Awusa, Agyei-Baah, Abubakar, Jaison)……...1
The Love
Song: (Best “New” African Poets
Collaboration: Mbuthia, Ntensibe, Mairosi, Bolaji, Odewumi, Gwiriri, Jaison,
Malelah The Poet, Guzha, Mwanaka)………………………………………………...12
Human
God: (Best “New” African Poets
Collaboration: Mhondera, Mairosi, p’Khisa, Gwiriri, Jaison, Nieuwoudt, Mwanaka)……………18
Part 2: Consciousness, Spiritual, Individual,
Existential
Artist’s
Trails: Tendai Rinos Mwanaka (Zimbabwe)
Pinnacle:
Mari Ballot (South Africa)
EGULE
(the weaverbird): Chibueze Obunadike
(Nigeria)
Rekindled:
Athene Nyarai Mutyambizi (Zimbabwe)
Will Rise
Again: Aleck Kaposa (Zimbabwe)
New born:
Beven Nebafor Awusa (Cameroon)
SALAT: Chibueze Obunadike (Nigeria)
To Be
Named: Daisy May (South Africa)
CANVAS: Dorcas Wairuri Maina (Kenya)
The
Season: Emman Usman Shehu (Nigeria)
Midnight
sessions: Femi Ayo-Tubosun (Nigeria)
PAPYRUS
UNDERGROUND: Kofi Acquah (Ghana)
The Cat
and Cobra Duel: Samuel Nyachiro Kegwaro
(Kenya)
PROPHESY:
Kofi Acquah (Ghana)
Locked
out: Alinafe Diana Zalira (Malawi)
The
Believer: Aubrey Sandile (Zimbabwe)
A
Mother’s Song: Cosmas Mairosi (Zimbabwe)
FOR
MEMUNA AND CHILD:Ekundayo Asifat
(Nigeria)
We Are
Just Humans: Gerry Sikazwe (Zambia)
Coming To
Think About It: Gerry Sikazwe (Zambia)
Water, a
goddess: Kelvin J. Shachile (Kenya)
Right to
Die!:Lusajo Kalangali (Tanzania)
Ubuntu: Mari Ballot (South Africa)
Things we
do not know about death: Mobolaji Olawale
(Nigeria)
4:Monicah Lubanga Kuta (Kenya)
THE HORSE
IS BRAYING: Nkosiyazi Kan Kanjiri
(Zimbabwe)
BP AT
THIRTY: Mujtaba s Abubakar (Nigeria)
SCATTERED
PETALS: Nkosiyazi Kan Kanjiri (Zimbabwe)
Spoken
River: Nosakhare Collins (Nigeria)
THE NEW SINGING
SCHOOL BESIDE OUR HOUSE: Okwudili
Nebeolisa (Nigeria)
SOUNDLESS
CAVE: Okwudili Nebeolisa (Nigeria)
BODIES
AND SCARS: Paul Oluwafemi David (Nigeria)
Mother
baptise me: Sinaso Mxakaza (South Africa)
Find
yourself: Sinaso Mxakaza (South Africa)
Ode to my
mother’s friend: Awodiya Funke (Nigeria)
New Life
- : Crystal Warren (South Africa)
FREEDOM/ˈfriːdəm/: Benjamin Elemide (Nigeria)
Forgotten
letters: Fethi Sassi (Tunisia)
COLOURS
OF WATER: Benjamin Elemide (Nigeria)
The
fingers of the night: Fethi Sassi
(Tunisia)
my
religion: Goodenough Mashego (South
Africa)
Canticle
of an Electric Storm: Harry Owen (South
Africa)
Heaven is
not Closed: Lwanda Sindaphi (South
Africa)
The Tree:
John Anusie (Nigeria)
Ero
Gospel: Michael Ace (Nigeria)
River
Rituals: Sibulelo Manamatela(South
Africa)
Lost: Ntseka Masoabi (Lesotho)
Night
Bloom: Zahraa' Raadhiya Khaki (South
Africa)
MONUMENT:
Sipho Mthabisi Ndebele (South Africa)
Sabrun
Jameel: Zahraa' Raadhiya Khaki (South
Africa)
Mother's
who are fire: Xolani Ntuli (South Africa)
SEEN: Adatsi Brownson (Ghana)
Survivor
or a warrior: Xolani Ntuli (South Africa)
tattoos
are permanent: Adorn Keketso Mashigo
(South Africa)
Tree of
life: Xolani Ntuli (South Africa)
mother
land: Archie Swanson (South Africa)
In the
Marrow of a Yellow Bone: Beaton Galafa
(Malawi)
IN A
GODLY WORLD: Blessing Turvey Damasiki
Chimunyapule (Zimbabwe)
BIND ME
NOT: Charles O. Okoth (Kenya)
We Shall
Rise at Dawn: Chukwudi Nwokpoku (Nigeria)
LISTEN!:Charles O. Okoth (Kenya)
LOST
PRIDE: Elijah Unimke Aniah (Nigeria)
Candle
Lights: Fikile C. Makhubo (South Africa)
Spacing: Kgomotso Ledwaba (South Africa)
Oblivion:
Melissa Farquhar (South Africa)
Absentee
Father: Richard Mbuthia (Kenya).
Sewing: Tatenda Murigo (Zimbabwe)
The
Beauty of Silence: Richard Mbuthia (Kenya)
Part 3: Place, Home and Identity…………………………….
Afu-Ra-Ka:
Mari Ballot (South Africa)
Ayyoo
Tiyyaa (MY MUM): Leelisa Jacob Sero
(Ethiopia)
A WALK
THROUGH AN AFRICAN VILLAGE: Patrick
Hwande (Zimbabwe)
Annual
Virgins’ Dance: Peter Yieko Ndiwa (Kenya)
When It
Rained In Khayelitsha: Dimakatso Sedite
(South Africa)
Invasion:
Adré Marshall (South Africa)
Carrion
Call: Emman Usman Shehu (Nigeria)
Land Of
My Birth: Jabulani Mzinyathi (Zimbabwe)
Learning
to Drive: Christine Coates (South Africa)
Beautiful
Zimbabwe: Cosmas Mairosi (Zimbabwe)
Community
Policing: Daniel Many Owiti (Kenya)
A PRINCE
WITHOUT A HOME: Ekundayo Asifat (Nigeria)
Whispers
from Home: Kelvin J. Shachile (Kenya)
Many of a
Morning in Chinsapo: Yamikani Brighton
Imbe (Malawi)
On the
bus: Crystal Warren (South Africa)
Blossom
at Prospect Field: Harry Owen (South
Africa)
Grounded:
Crystal Warren (South Africa)
Fruitsquirt:
Harry Owen (South Africa)
Accra and
traffic: Awuah Mainoo Gabriel (Ghana)
Part 4: French Poets
Comportement excédant: Josiane
Nguimfack (Cameroun)
Punaise rouge et noire: Josiane
Nguimfack (Cameroun)
Vicissitude: Josiane
Nguimfack (Cameroun)
Rendez nous nos trésors: Nguetcheu
Emile Arsele (Cameroun)
La mal de ce siècle absurde: Nguetcheu Emile Arsele (Cameroun)
Il me vient: Nguetcheu
Emile Arsele (Cameroun)
Profond océan: Koffi
Luc (Côte d’Ivoire)
Cette Afrique là: Koffi Luc (Côte d’Ivoire)
Couleurs: Koffi Luc
(Côte d’Ivoire)
Morphé: Gbeada Woungouankeu Maxence (Côte d’Ivoire)
L’Amour: Gbeada
Woungouankeu Maxence (Côte d’Ivoire)
Le Desespoir: Gbeada Woungouankeu
Maxence (Côte d’Ivoire)
L’Entrepreneuriat: Emmanuel
Siffo (Cameroun)
La Mémoire de l’oubli: Gils
Da Douanla (Cameroun)
J’ai vu le futur…: Balddine Moussa (Comores)
Autre fois Iles des parfums: Balddine Moussa (Comores)
Les religions étrangères: Balddine Moussa (Comores)
Voyage avec mon prince: Vita
Léo (Haïti)
revenons au peuple qui se meurt: Mpesse Géraldin (Cameroun)
Je veux juste être: Edouma
Nomo Sulpice Oscar (Cameroun)
Mélancolique: Edouma
Nomo Sulpice Oscar (Cameroun)
Démon: Edouma Nomo Sulpice
Oscar (Cameroun)
Aux Enfers: Ray Ndébi
(Cameroun)
Secoue-toi racine: Ray
Ndébi (Cameroun)
A Dieu: Ray Ndébi
(Cameroun)
La Tricherie: Etty
Gnanzoutchi Ange Jonathan (Côte d’Ivoire)
Mon petit livre blanc: Etty
Gnanzoutchi Ange Jonathan (Côte d’Ivoire)
Au Bord de la rivière: Serges
Cyrille Kooko (Mali)
Entends-tu ?: Serges
Cyrille Kooko (Mali)
Le Pouvoir politique: Akere-Maimo
J. Ano-Ebie (Cameroun)
La belle ville du Congo: Akere-Maimo
J. Ano-Ebie (Cameroun)
ma mère: Galley Kokouvi Dzifa (Togo)
Deuil: Galley Kokouvi
Dzifa (Togo)
Instant: Galley Kokouvi
Dzifa (Togo)
Eclosion: Ayi Dossavi (Togo)
Holocauste: Ayi Dossavi
(Togo)
Je trace: Joel Amah
Ajavon (Togo)
Eunuque, je pense à toi: Joel
Amah Ajavon (Togo)
Écoutez-nous, disent les ânes: Nsah Mala (Cameroun)
Après le travail au village: Nsah Mala (Cameroun)
Un élève exemplaire: Nkwetatang Sampson Nguekie (Cameroun)
Part 5: Politics, Governance and Development
Them and
you: Aleck Kaposa (Zimbabwe)
The
slums: Clesirdia Nzorozwa (Zimbabwe)
Discordant
Voice: Jabulani Mzinyathi (Zimbabwe)
ZOMBIES: Ngam Emmanuel Beyia (Cameroon)
Workers
Day: Jabulani Mzinyathi (Zimbabwe)
WHEN THE
ELECTION APPROACHES: Ngam Emmanuel Beyia
(Cameroon)
The
Interview: Peter Yieko Ndiwa (Kenya)
MY
GREATEST DREAM: Tafadzwa Bandera
(Zimbabwe)
University
of Knowledge: Zongezile Matshoba (South
Africa)
HE COMES
AT NIGHT: Ojonugwa John Attah (Nigeria)
IT'S HIM:
Chenjerai Mhondera (Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe:
Handsen Chikowore (Zimbabwe)
Justice: Handsen Chikowore (Zimbabwe)
Educate
to Liberate!:Irene Munthree(South Africa)
A
Democrat: Lusajo Kalangali (Tanzania)
A one way
economy: Sonwabo Meyi (South Africa)
Prisoner:
Sipho hobane Ndlovu (Zimbabwe)
alcohol&
progress: Sonwabo Meyi (South Africa)
AFRIKA MY
AFRIKA: Prosper Kavunika (Zimbabwe)
conversations
with a mon/star: Sonwabo Meyi (South
Africa)
Rainbowality:
A call for Change: Antonio Garcia (South
Africa)
Redemption
for Azania and all the winter strangers: Abigail
George(South Africa)
Coloured
In By Society: Charissa Cassels (South
Africa)
Exit the
old rusted chain-saw: Christopher
Kudyahakudadirwe (Zimbabwe)
the guns
fell silent: Goodenough Mashego (South
Africa)
Sycophants!:Nellah Nonkondlo Mntanenhlabathi (Zimbabwe)
Drowning:
Nkwana Joshua Serutle (South Africa)
our
names: Nkwana Joshua Serutle(South
Africa)
Change: Olakitan Aladesuyi (Nigeria)
WANDERING
HOMES: Sipho Mthabisi Ndebele (South
Africa)
Intersectional
Superman: Zahraa' Raadhiya Khaki (South
Africa)
THE
YESTERDAY OF TODAY: Adatsi Brownson
(Ghana)
How we
betrayed our Brother: Beaton Galafa
(Malawi)
STREET
NAMES: Blessing Turvey Damasiki
Chimunyapule (Zimbabwe)
War: Hlengiwe Bila (South Africa)
Questioning
the questioner: Joy Odifemenuwe (Nigeria)
Assembly:
Kgomotso Ledwaba (South Africa)
Nigeria!
One week, one trouble: Joy Odifemenuwe
(Nigeria)
My mother
is a country: Xolile Mabuza (South
Africa)
Black
don’t crack: Ynarus (Angola)
Part 6: Migrants, Assimilations, Irritants………………………
Between
Places (A poetic novel extract): Tendai
Rinos Mwanaka (Zimbabwe)
My
country: Zongezile Matshoba (South
Africa)
On being
a refugee in South Africa: Christopher
Kudyahakudadirwe (Zimbabwe)
Asylum
Song: Valentine Okolo (Nigeria)
displaced
humans: Adorn Keketso Mashigo (South
Africa)
Part 7: Portuguese Poets
Palestina: Ismael
Farinha (Angola)
Zimbabwe: Ismael
Farinha(Angola)
África: Fernando
Paciência Luteiro Palaia (Cuba)
No ventre do Silencio: Fernando Paciência Luteiro Palaia(Cuba)
Cansei de mim!: Fernando
Paciência Luteiro Palaia (Cuba)
APOCALIPSE 1942: Kalunga(Brazil)
DADA: Kalunga
(Brazil)
Eu
sou sol!:Ynarus (Angola)
Alma zombie: Adailton Zinga (Angola)
Professores
sem pedagogia afrocentrada!: Adailton Zinga(Angola)
Vítimas da
Vaidade: Adailton Zinga(Angola)
BORBOLETRAS: Hondina Rodrigues(Angola)
DECLÍNIO: Hondina Rodrigues (Angola)
PARTIR: Hondina Rodrigues (Angola)
TACULA:Branca Clara das Neves
(Portugal/Angola)
MARCHAS:
Ozias Cambanje(Moçambique)
NADA É LIBERDADE: Ozias Cambanje(Moçambique)
A PAZ NO POMBO PRETO: Ozias Cambanje(Moçambique)
Beleza feminina: Morais José Manuel
ESTAREI LÁ: Morais
José Manuel
Quem sabe?:Morais
José Manuel
OH ÁFRICA LEVANTA-TE!:Roque Jose Pascoal de Oliveira
TODOS PODEMOS FAZER A PAZ E CONSTRUIR A
FELICIDADE:Roque Jose Pascoal de Oliveira
Part 8: Poetry, Art and Writing………………………….
The
Novelist: Aremu Adams Adebisi (Nigeria)
A BLANK
PIECE OF PAPER: Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
(Zimbabwe)
BROWN
COLLAR JOB: Joseph Olamide Babalola
(Nigeria)
The
poet`s sweat: Munyaradzi Gibson Bopoto
(Zimbabwe)
In
concert: Adré Marshall(South Africa)
finger
painting: Aaliyah Cassim (South Africa)
An Elegy
to Kofi Annan: Odhiambo Kaumah
(Kenya)
Take it
from my hand: Fethi Sassi (Tunisia)
lying is
an artform: Goodenough Mashego (South
Africa)
the
poet’s shadows: Adorn Keketso Mashigo (South
Africa)
Editor: Awuah Mainoo Gabriel (Ghana).
Part 9: Love and
Relationships
DISEMBODIED
MATES: Andrew Nyongesa (Kenya)
SLEEPING
WITH THE MOON: Chibueze Obunadike (Nigeria)
253: Clesirdia Nzorozwa (Zimbabwe)
Seasons: Gamuchirai Susan Muchirahondo (Zimbabwe)
Sun Glow:
John J.J Dongo (Zimbabwe)
MY
HEART’S EARTH: Joseph Olamide Babalola
(Nigeria)
Fences: John J.J Dongo (Zimbabwe)
TWO SPERMS:
Kofi Acquah (Ghana)
Beyond
reach: Revash Kun Kanjiri (Zimbabwe)
Bare: Anesu Nyakubaya (Zimbabwe)
When all
the Water Leaves Us: Christine Coates
(South Africa)
JUST US: Monicah Lubanga Kuta (Kenya)
Chalice
of Choice: Oyoo Mboya Kenya)
Both
Together And Each Alone: Ismail Bala
(Nigeria)
Pearls of
Pain: Martin Chrispine Juwa (Malawi)
When
we’re together: Modest Dhlakama
(Zimbabwe)
Lightning
Bolt: Martin Chrispine Juwa (Malawi)
Touch of
an angel: Modest Dhlakama (Zimbabwe)
that
moment I left: Nkwana Joshua Serutle
(South Africa)
Peas: Ntseka Masoabi (Lesotho)
AN
ENCOUNTER WITH GRANDMA: Paradzai Givemore
Macheka (Zimbabwe)
Last time:
Pelonomi Itumeleng (South Africa)
Blood: Sibulelo Manamatela (South Africa)
TO THINK
THAT WOMEN ARE DEMISEXUALS: Amani Nsemwa
(Tanzania)
Hands: Fikile C. Makhubo (South Africa)
NIGHTSKIES:
Dennis Omolo (Kenya)
A
traveller’s note: Fikile C. Makhubo
(South Africa)
Part 10: Trauma, Sexual Assault and Gender
Issues
SPARK TO
FIRE: Nnane Ntube (Cameroon)
THE POND
OF DEATH: Okey Ifeachor (Nigeria)
The African
Girl Child Shall Rise Again!:Nnane Ntube(Cameroon)
LIKONI
FERRY: Kariuki wa Nyamu (Kenya)
THE FIRE
IN YOUR BELLY: Ojonugwa John Attah
(Nigeria)
mirror: Aaliyah Cassim (South Africa)
Dark
Nights: Aubrey Sandile (Zimbabwe)
A Falling
Bitterness: Aubrey Sandile (Zimbabwe)
Help: Ayomide Odewumi Mitchelle (Nigeria)
You take
my breath away: Bilton Boka (Zimbabwe)
A
Feminist Letter: Kelvin J. Shachile
(Kenya)
The World
Was Silent When We Died: Nosakhare
Collins (Nigeria)
The
supernatural tricksters mutual admiration jazz club: Abigail George (South Africa)
She: Kennedy Chege (Kenya)
Father,
listen to the silence: Lwanda
Sindaphi(South Africa)
Grief: Lwanda Sindaphi (South Africa)
Regression
/ Recession: Kgomotso Ledwaba (South
Africa)
Under My
Sister’s Shadow: Xolile Mabuza (South
Africa)
Part 11: Translational
ÌWÀ: Luqman Maryam (Nigeria)
CHARACTER:
Luqman Maryam, Translated from Yoruba by
Luqman Maryam (Nigeria)
Kgatelelo
ya monagano: Mosima Kagiso Phakane (South
Africa)
Depression:
Mosima Kagiso Phakane, Translation from
Sepedi by Mosima Kagiso Phakane (South Africa)
O bolaile
ngwana: Mosima Kagiso Phakane (South
Africa)
You
killed a child: Mosima Kagiso Phakane,
Translation from Sepedi by Mosima Kagiso Phakane (South Africa)
Ke leeto:
Mosima Kagiso Phakane (South Africa)
It’s a
journey: Mosima Kagiso Phakane,
Translation from Sepedi by Mosima Kagiso Phakane (South Africa)
Shungu
dzangu Mhai!:Johannes Mike
Mupisa(Zimbabwe)
Cry of
the girl child: Johannes Mike Mupisa
(Zimbabwe)
Afurika
Chidadiso: Johannes Mike Mupisa
(Zimbabwe)
Africa: Johannes Mike Mupisa (Zimbabwe)
Zimbe
mujombo: Johannes Mike Mupisa (Zimbabwe)
Hornets’
Nest: Johannes Mike Mupisa (Zimbabwe)
Rufu: Prosper Kavunika (Zimbabwe)
Death: Prosper Kavunika (Zimbabwe)
Albino: Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana)
Ofiri: Adjei Agyei-Baah, Translated into Asante Twi
by Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana)
In The
Grey Hair of Soyinka: Adjei Agyei-Baah
(Ghana)
Soyinka
Tirim Dwene: Adjei Agyei-Baah, Translated
into Asante Twi by Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana)
CAIO E LEVANTO: Maria Manuel Godinho Azancot de Menezes (Angola)
FALL AND RAISE: Maria Manuel Godinho
Azancot de Menezes (Translation into English by Maria da Conceição Saraiva)
JE TOMBE ET JE ME
LÈVE: Maria Manuel Godinho
Azancot de Menezes (Taduction un French de Anabela Pezarat Correia)
MIGRANTES: Maria Manuel Godinho
Azancot de Menezes (Angola)
MIGRANTS: Maria Manuel Godinho
Azancot de Menezes (Translation into English by Nuri de Menezes Torres)
MIGRANTS: Maria Manuel Godinho Azancot de Menezes (Taduction
un French de Anabela Pezarat Correia)
POR ÁFRICA: Maria Manuel Godinho Azancot
de Menezes (Angola)
FOR ÁFRICA: Maria Manuel Godinho Azancot
de Menezes
(Translation into English by Licínio Assis)
POUR L’AFRIQUE: Maria Manuel Godinho Azancot
de Menezes (Traduction un French de Sami
Marcelino Benzaza)
About the editors
Tendai
Rinos Mwanaka is a
publisher, editor, mentor, thinker, literary artist, visual artist and musical
artist with over 20 books published.He writes in English and Shona. His work
has appeared in over 400 journals and anthologies from over 27 countries,
translated into Spanish, Serbian, French and German. Find his books here:http://www.africanbookscollective.com/authors-editors/tendai-rinos-mwanaka.
Nsah Mala,
anglophone multilingue du Cameroun, est auteur de quatre recueils de poèmes :Chaining
Freedom (2012), Bites of Insanity (2015), If You Must Fall Bush (2016),
et Constimocrazy: Malafricanising Democracy (2017). Il a reçu des prix
littéraires au Cameroun et en France. Vous trouverez ses poèmes et ses autres
œuvres dans plusieurs anthologies et revues en Afrique, en Europe, et en Asie,
notamment: Wales - Cameroon Anthology 2018, Redemption Song - the
Caine Prize Anthology 2018, Best ‘New’ African Poets 2017 Anthology, The
Zimbabwe We Want Poetry Anthology 2017, et Paradis d’enfer - Hell’s
Paradise 2016. Son premier recueil en français, Les Pleurs du mal,
est en cours d’édition.
BIO NOTES OFCONTRIBUTORS
AtheneNyarai Mutyambizi was born in Zimbabwe
in 1988. She did her Primary, Secondary and tertiary education in Zimbabwe.
Currently she holds a BSC Honours Degree in Computer Science and is currently
an Associate member of IITPSA, certified PHP Engineer and MCSA. She likes to
program, read and write poetry during her spare time. She has a passion for
gender based issues and youth empowerment initiatives and is working towards
starting an organisation that will enable youth to get education and support so
as to realise their optimum potential.
Dimakatso Sedite is a South African poet and writer. Her poems have
been published in Aerodrome, Botsotso,
Hello Poetry, Poetry Café, Poetry Potion, and on her blog,nala4za.iblog.co.za. Her other poems will appear in Kalahari Review in November 2018. She
was a finalist in Poetry in McGregor Poetry Competition 2018, and won the
Poetry Open Mic Competition at the 2018 Jozi Book Fair. One of her poems
appears in an anthology: ‘Botsotso 18:
From Private and Public Places’. She studied poetry at South African Writers’ College and holds a Research Psychology Masters
degree (University of the Witwatersrand).
Adré Marshall was born in the
Eastern Cape but has lived in Cape Town for most of her life. Over the years,
she has taught English at various universities including the University of Cape
Town where she was awarded a Ph.D. She is the author of a book on Henry James
and her poetry has been published in numerous journals, including Carapace, New Contrast, English Academy
Review and Stanzas. Now retired,
she does freelance translation work.
Aleck Kaposa born 3 April 1975, is
a teacher and author of the books A Bag
of Memories (short stories, pub 2013),The
Big Yellow Train, There was a Fly, After the Rain(poems) andThe Magician(2017),which in 2018 got him
another NAMA AWARD nomination in the OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S BOOK category. In
2004 Kaposa founded and edited The New Voices Magazine for which he got his
first nomination in the 2008 NAMA AWARDS in Outstanding First Creative
Published Work category. In 2009 he founded a private school, Norton Education
Centre in Norton in Zimbabwe, which he runs as Principal and Director.
Andrew Nyongesa is a novelist, poet,
short story writer, teacher and literary critic. Most of works of fiction are
prose with post colonialism as the underlying canon. He is a PhD student of
literature at Kenyatta University and assistant lecturer at Mount Kenya
University, Main Campus.
Aremu Adams Adebisi is a boy, among five
older girls, who explores the themes of gender equality, black liberation,
womanism, boyhood, and existentialism. He has works published on various
platforms and anthologies. He likes to call himself the Jos-plateau Indigobird
which is endemic to Nigeria and one of a kind. He majors in Economics at the
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, and shares his time between Lagos and Ilorin. He
is a Nigerian writer
Beven Nebafor Awusa is an enthusiastic
Cameroonian writer for over a decade, with non-fiction and fiction works.
Choosing to concentrate on poetry than prose due to a busy work schedule, he'll
often reckon to use the few lines as of a ballad which could summarise an
entire story than a voluminous novel to get the same message across.A firm
student of life, music lover, adventurer, he now adds 'Agropreneur'- (Agric
Entrepreneur) to his list of ongoing accolade.
Chibueze Obunadike is a student and
part-time poetry and prose writer. He currently resides in Enugu State and was
among the joint-winners of the UBA Africa Day Poetry Contest. When he’s not
trying to figure out a new poem, he spends his time reading old books and
listening to Jon Bellion songs.
Clesirdia Nzorozwa is a female poet,
hip-hop artist, short story and script writer aged 20. Her nationality is
Zimbabwean. She has poems that have been published in the Zimbabwean Standard
News Paper several times. Poems such as The Slums, Primrose, Don't you forget
etc. Egypt and Afrika are two of her pieces which have also featured in the
"Don't Give Up Africa" anthology by different poets from Vachikepe and 100 sailors which
available on Amazon. She has also appeared several times on a ZTV spoken word
programme reciting one of her pieces titled "Afrika".
Daisy May was born in Paarl, she
grew up in Somerset West and was schooled at Parel Vallei High School. Her love
for writing was formed at a young age and she has written since she could
remember however she has only recently started sharing her works with the
public. She has spent her years travelling the world while working in various
creative fields. Her love of words and adventure is prevalent in her writing.
Her unique life experiences are relatable and honest. While watching local
talents on stage she remembers feeling overcome with emotion and realizing that
her love of art was no solely as a spectator but that she too wanted a place on
the stage hence her perusal of acting. Daisy has been featured in various films
both locally and abroad as well as numerous television commercials. She was
published inBest New African Poets 2017 Anthology.
She looks forward to sharing her life experiences and love of writing with the
world.
Dorcas Wairuri Maina is a God-fearing lady,
who's passionate about arts and protection of animals. She also has a heart for
people and on her free time participates in church organized charity activities
and enjoys meeting new people. More to her passion for arts she loves singing,
writing poetry under the alias Rureyblue and attending art galas. She has a bubbly
outgoing personality with a dream of traveling the world. Dorcas holds a
Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration and a Master in Business
Administration. Dorcas currently works in the finance industry.
Emman Usman Shehu hails from Maradun,
Zamfara State of Nigeria. He currently resides in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital,
where he works with the International Institute of Journalism. He is also
involved with the Abuja Writers Forum (AWF), and is the editor of Cavalcade and
Dugwe (www.dugwe.com).
Femi Ayo-Tubosun is a short story
author, poet and novelist. He has works appearing on literary websites, including
“A Dance With Demons” and “An Ecclesiatical Experience”. F.A.T.E. is the
self-proclaimed herald of the new generation African Literary Arts. When he's
not writing or taking pictures of plants, he is chasing the wind or searching
for the seven words to make a woman fall in love.
Gamuchirai Susan
Muchirahondo:I
am a twenty-year old poet that started writing at the age of eleven. It started
as therapy when I found myself going through many changes physically and
mentally and began encrypting my anger, frustrations, concerns and various
emotions through rhymes. I grew into writing and today, I’ve written countless
poems. My writing is however, broad and most of my content is on feminism,
depression, and strong emotion from different extremes. I am currently studying
Civil engineering at the National University of Science and Technology
Zimbabwe. I am a girl, born and raised in Zimbabwe strongly passionate about
expressive art
Jabulani Mzinyathi is a poet of note. He
is a self-styled prophet-poet-philosopher. His work is featured in local and
international anthologies. His most recent definitive collection is published
by Mwanaka Media and Publishing is entitled ‘Under The Steel Yoke’. Jabulani
calls himself a writer belonging to the Zimbolicious
stable of writers. He is into prose and poetry. A chiShona novel and another
poetry collection are almost ready for publication. An ex-teacher,
ex-magistrate, a holder of a diploma in human resources magistrate Jabulani is
presently a legal practitioner. Jabulani loves the arts in general and hopes to
always work with many budding artists.
John J.J Dongo is a researcher,
blogger, poet, spoken word artist. He is also the current country
representative of The Human Projects and the Co-founder of Motivate. In his
words art in whichever form it may exist in, has the potential to transcend
boundaries and speak to people. You can find some of his work at www.wordsbyjayjay.com.
Joseph Olamide Babalola is a young writer and
poet, whose heartfelt love for literary creativity has been self-stated as
'insatiable'. He loves to weld words to create beautiful effects. He was
longlisted for the 2018 Babishai Niwe Poetry prize.
Samuel Kegwaro is a writer, teacher
and Blogger. He has a degree in Linguistics, Media and Communications from Moi University,
Kenya. He fell in love with pen and paper while still in Primary School. His
teacher of English inspired him to use his "third eye and third ear"
to create what has never been curated in order to bring change to his
society.He currently teaches English and
Literature at River of Life Secondary School in Embakasi Nairobi, Kenya. He has
two poems in the book: Africa, UK and
Ireland: Writing Politics and Knowldge Production, Volume 1 and one poem in
Best New African Poets 2017 Anthology.
His poems have also been published in various online publications
Kofi Acquah is a Poet, Student
& a Performing Artist from "The Village Thinkers" (a Creative
Writing & Art Society) in Ghana. He has been shortlisted twice for Ghana
Writers Awards—2016 & 2017. He has contributed immensely to International
anthologies, journals and magazines including the XXI Century World Literature—India(2016), Voices of Humanity
Vol.1—USA(2016), Tuck Magazine, the
poets without limit, modernghana, enews gh, The New Ulster journal—issue
62(2017) etc. Kofi is a co-author of 'Palm
Leaves' (a collection of poems) and hails from the Central Region of Ghana.
Josiane
Nguimfack Zeufackest comédienne, metteure en scène et écrivaine. Après
plusieurs prestations amateurs au primaire et au secondaire, sa formation
professionnelle débute en 2010, dès son entrée à l’Université de Yaoundé I,
Filière Arts du Spectacle et Cinématographie où elle est actuellement chercheur
(doctorante), spécialisation Production Théâtrale. Elle est présidente
fondatrice de la Compagnie Ndem Ti Li. Elle a participé à plusieurs festivals
dans la ville de Yaoundé en tant que membre d’organisation. Elle est membre du
CLIJEC – Cercle Littéraire des Jeunes du Cameroun. Elle publie en 2014 le
recueil de poèmes Lueur en flamme,
aux éditions L’Harmattan.
Emile
Arsele NGUETCHEUest né le 09 décembre 1976 à Bafang, petite ville de l'ouest
Cameroun. Il a co-fondé, avec le poète gabonais Patrick ALEPH, Le Club Des
Poètes du Gabon où il a été le Secrétaire Général. Il est membre de la Ronde
des Poètes du Cameroun, ami de l'association Livre Ouvert. Après avoir exercé
plusieurs activités: Représentant Permanent à Wally Agence Hotesse (gabon),
Rédacteur en Chef du journal "LA VOIX DES JEUNES" (Gabon), Consultant
au Comité de l'Excellence Africaine (Cameroun), Président d'Africa Foundation
Awards (Cameroun), Commerçant, il est actuellement Maître de Cérémonies. Il est
l'auteur de plusieurs livres de poèmes et de théâtre tels que Les racines de
la résistance (2016), Le moi qui parle (2012), Le vertige de la
parole (2011), et La clé des bribes si.
Koffi
Luc, professeur de Philosophie de lycée, est actuellement
doctorant de philosophie àl’Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké. Il est
originaire de Didievi, région du Bélier.
Gbeada
Woungouankeu Maxenceest doctorant en Géographie à l’UniversitéAlassane Ouattara.
Passionné par l’écriture, il a dédié sa plume à la poésie.
Emmanuel
Siffo voit le jour le 14 octobre 1990 à Foumbot, où il passe juste
2 ans avant de se rendre à Melong, puis Yaoundé pour mener ses études primaires
et secondaires sanctionnés par un Baccalauréat. En 2012 il entre à l’Université
de Yaoundé 1 où il obtient une licence en Philosophie (2015), une Maîtrise
(2016) en Didactique des Disciplines, actuellement en rédaction d’un master 2
portant sur la place du conseiller pédagogique au Cameroun. Il a également
plusieurs casquettes : entrepreneur, travail en freelance, organisateur
événementiel, communicateur, rédacteur web, chef et acteur de projets,
conseiller pour voyage d’étude, etc.
Gils
Da Douanla, du Cameroun, prépare un mémoire en littérature
hispano-américaine. Il est acteur et médiateur culturel entre francophones et
hispaniques. Il est également traducteur-interprète indépendant
–français-espagnol. Il est membre du CLIJEC –Cercle Littéraire des Jeunes du
Cameroun– et collaborateur des magazines de littérature Clijec le Mag’ et de
culture africaine Lepan África Revista. Il est auteur de plusieurs nouvelles et
poèmes publiés dans les revues et ouvrages collectifs. Il est lauréat du
concours national de nouvelles pour jeunes auteurs (2016) et lauréat du
concours de nouvelles de l’Ambassade et du Centre Culturel d’Espagne au Cameroun
(juillet 2018).
Balddine
Moussaest né le 25 mai 1989 dans les Iles Comores. Elle a fait
salicence en lettres modernes françaises à l’Université des Comores. Apres
quatre anspassés sur l’enseignement, ell a eu une bourse d’étude pour
poursuivre ses études enmaster ès littérature à Zhejiang Normal University en
Chine. En dehors du mondescolaire, elle travaille aussi en tant que carreleur
et s’intéresse également à l’électricitédu bâtiment. Elle aime le dessin et la
beauté d’une manière générale. Pour elle la vieconstitue un art. Elle a un
grand respect pour la spiritualité, elle ne supporte pasl’injustice, mais aime
servir les autres.
Vita
Léo est le nom artistique de Marie
Vita Léonard, restauratrice et peintre haïtienne, installée à Perpignan
dans le sud de la France depuis 2005. Elle a commencé à peindre en 2008 en
raison d'une rupture de sa relation conjugale. Elle fait de la peinture
acrylique, mettant l’accent sur les difficultés et les expériences de la vie.
Celui-ci est son tout premier poème, portant sur l’amour. Vita parle français
et créole haïtien.
MPESSE
Géraldin vit et écrit à Yaoundé. Il est auteur d’un recueil de poèmes
en langueespagnole. En 2018, il publie, avec les écrivains argentins, une
anthologie :Palabrastabuadas. Le
jeune écrivain a publié des poèmes dans la revue (en ligne) Le capital de mots. Ilécrit également
pour Clijec Mag’. Par ailleurs, il a été le président du comité d’organisation
de la 3e édition du FESTAE (Festival africain des écrivains émergents). Enseignant
d’espagnol et étudiant-chercheur en Langues Africaines et Linguistique à
l’Université de Yaoundé I, il est actuellement le directeur de publication de
Lepan Africa Revista.
Edouma
Nomo Sulpice Oscar réside au Cameroun.Il est un jeune poète, membre de
l’association littéraire Le Salon de Littérature, organe du groupe NGUEDI Jm
Éditions, basée à Yaoundé au Cameroun. La recherche en méthodes de Lecture et
d’Écriture est sa passion.
Ray
Ndébiest Camerounais, basé à Yaoundé. Écrivain (auteur de The
Last Ghost: Son of Struggle), il est analyste littéraire, chercheur,
traducteur et directeur de publication au sein de NGUEDI Jm Éditions. Passionné
de littérature, il s’occupe aussi de la formation des lecteurs professionnels
et de l’orientation des auteurs dans l’association littéraire le Salon de
Littérature.
Etty
Gnanzoutchi Ange Jonathan, ressortissant de la Côte d’Ivoire, est
un écrivain en herbe, qui est encore à ses débuts avec la plume.
Serges
Cyrille Kooko, poète et écrivain malien d’origine camerounaise, est auteur
de Les Larmes du silence en 2016 et A
la Croisée des chemins en 2018 aux ÉditionsINNOV.
Akere-Maimo
J. Ano-Ebie is a multitalented poet from Cameroon, aged 37. He is the
Communications Expert of PRESEC/SNV Cameroon. He has also worked in different
capacities at MC-CCAM, Plan International, and CARE International. He began
creative writing way back in college and university, where he freelanced for
local journals such as The Humorist, The Entrepreneur, The
Eden, Cameroon Panorama, and Profiles International. He has
more than 100 articles to his credit on varied topics and he is author of an
unpublished poetry collection. He is also a gifted songwriter/singer and
graphic artist, having released his first album “New Creation” in January 2013.
His French poems here were translated from English.
Kokouvi
Dzifa Galleyest né à Lomé. En 2004, il est titulaire d’une Maitrise en
Sciences Economiques de l’Universités de Lomé. Il est membre du réseau
d’auteurs Escale des Ecritures. Boursier Beaumarchais en 2009, lauréat
de Visas pour la création 2016, il participe à plusieurs résidences d’écriture.
Il a publié Arènes intérieures (Théâtre) In Libre cours au Tarmac,
Editions Passage (s), France, 2018 ; Un pas avant (Théâtre), Editions
Awoudy, Lomé, 2018 ; bris de vie, bris de souffle (Poésie), Ed Ponts de
Lianes, Togo, 2017 ; Peau de braise (Théâtre) in Balade théâtrale 2, Ed.
Awoudy, Lomé, 2015 ; Dés-espérances (Théâtre) in Balade théâtrale,
Ed. Awoudy, Lomé, 2013 ; In-certitudes (Theater) Ed Lansman, Belgique,
2009 ; L’Oracle a parlé et autres contes du Togo, (Conte) Ed Ponts de
Lianes, Togo, 2014.
Ayi
Renaud DOSSAVI-ALIPOEHest un écrivain (poète, essayiste et
nouvelliste) et blogueur togolais. Né en septembre 1993 à Lomé, il est biologiste
de formation. Il a publié à ce jour cinq livres dont Rosées Lointaines (2015), Chants
de Sable (2018) (poésie) et Nous et l’histoire (2018) (essai sur l’histoire
africaine). En mai 2018, il gagne le premier prix du concours continental
d’écriture « Afrique de mes rêves » de la Banque Africaine de développement
ainsi que le prix Littéraire France-Togo, et est actuellement secrétaire
général de l’association d’écrivains PEN-Togo.
Joël
Amah AJAVONest auteur, comédien, et metteur en scène. Il a été formé en
interprétation dramatique à l’école Studio Théâtre d’Art de Lomé (2006-2009).
Il est est lauréat des Scènes du Théâtre Francophone d’Afrique Centrale 2010
avec sa pièce Ma rivale, la mitraille.
Il est co-fondateur de la Compagnie Artistique Carrefour et a dirigé le
Festival International de Théâtre de Maison (FITMA) de 2012 à 2017. Il est par
ailleurs membre du réseau d’auteurs Escale des Ecritures.
Nkwetatang
Sampson Nguekie est né le 06 novembre 1972 à Mmuock-Leteh dans le Département
de Lebialem au Cameroun. Il a étudié au Lycée Bilingue de Bamenda et à
l'Université de Yaoundé 1. Il est auteur de deux romans - From Village to Town
et Hard Way to Fortune, et plusieurs poèmes pours les écoles primaires et
secondaires.
Luqman Maryam stays and was born in
Nigeria, in the State of Kogi, Local government area of Ijumu. She is of the
tribe of Yorubas. She is currently a student
Mosima Phakane is a 22 years old
poet, born in a village called Ga-Matlala Kordon in the Limpopo province, South
Africa. She’s been writing poetry and short stories from the age of 14 and uses
every opportunity she can to grow as a poet and writer. She’s currently in her
second year of study at University of the Witwatersrand studying towards a BSc
degree in Civil Engineering. She’s a member of a student poetry society at
University of the Witwatersrand called “Wits Poets Corner” and a volunteering
organisation called Faculty of Best Advisory.
My
name is Munyaradzi Gibson Bopoto, I
am a young man aged twenty one residing and born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. I am
both a poet and a short story writer who is extremely passionate about his
work. Been writing for five years now and I have performed at poetry slams in
Bulawayo including hosting my very own arts event which was a learning curve.
My topics are about anything that really matters that is Theology, Racism,
History, Pan Africanism among other issues.My influences in poetry are Dambudzo
Marechera, Chenjerai Hove and John Eppel including many others.
NGAM EMMANUEL BEYIA, Cameroonian born is
poet, educationist, and an advocate of socio-political change. His writings
address various issues and every reader is likely to find one that suits their
interest. He studied in THE UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDE 1, Cameroon, where he
obtained BA in French and English. He then enrolled into Higher Teachers
Training College, graduated with a bilingual diploma. Upon graduation has been
teaching in local High schools in English speaking Cameroon.
Born
as Nnane Anna Ntube, she adopts the penname Nnane Ntube. She is a teacher of French and English with a
Bachelor’s degree in Bilingual Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in English
obtained from the University of Yaounde 1. She equally holds a Diploma in
Bilingual Letters obtained from the Higher Teacher’s Training College, Yaounde.
Nnane is a Youth Advocate for Peace and Democracy, an activist for change, an
actress, founder of Youth Centre for Progress (YOCEP) and Breaking P=oint. She
believes in using poetry for change and bringing poetry to life through poetry
drama.
Kariuki wa Nyamu is an award-winning
Kenyan poet, script writer, film director, editor, translator, literary critic
and educator. He earned a BA Education (Literature and English) from Makerere
University, Uganda. He is anthologized in A
Thousand Voices Rising, Boda Boda Anthem and Other Poems, Best New African
Poets Anthologies; 2015, 2016, 2017, Experimental Writing: Volume 1, Africa Vs
Latin America Anthology, The Mamba Journal of African Haiku, among others.
Kariuki, who recently co-authored a Children’s Poetry and Short Story Anthology
titled When Children Dare to Dream,
is presently pursuing a Master of Arts in Literature at Kenyatta University,
Kenya.
Okey Ifeachor is a writer, author,
poet and journalist who has practiced both in the print and broadcast media
spanning several years and was privileged to report activities at the Aso Rock
Presidential Villa, Abuja. Until recently, he was the Head of News at Dasamal
Television Network, Abuja. Some of his poems have been published in national
newspapers and magazines as well as in an Anthology New Voices. He is currently a doctorate student in Theology. He is
a member of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Associate Member Nigeria Institute of
Public Relations and Associate Member Nigeria Institute of Management.
Born
on 1 October 1975, Patrick Hwande is
a Zimbabwean poet and playwright. He lives in Gokwe where he is teaching at a
Primary School. Most of his literal work has been published in Chishona, his
indigenous language. At one time he was a chief poet at Africa Community
Publishing and Development Trust. Hwande usually performs his poems and plays
at social gatherings in Gokwe Nembudzia. He says he will never put the pen off
the paper until his proverbial call to Heaven.
Peter Yieko Ndiwa: I was born in rural
Kenya in 1986. I started writing Poetry in 2007 after I enrolled for
English/Literature degree course at Kenyatta University. I published my first
full volume of poetry anthology in 2014 ‘The
World Far away and other poems’ and have since been published in various
anthologies around the world. I am inspired to write by human suffering.
Born
in Harare to a Shona father and Ndebele mother Revash Kun Kanjiri attended school in both Mashonaland and
Matebeleland. While doing his A level at Dotito High in Mount Darwin, he became
a Junior Councilor in the Pfura Rural District Junior Council. During his High
School, Revash was much into debating and he won the best speaker award in
Mount Darwin 2016. He sees poetry as a way one can use to speak to the world.
Tafadzwa Bandera – Alfred Tafadzwa
Bandera was born in Chegutu ,1990 but grew up in Morris Depot, Harare Zimbabwe.
He is a social worker, poet, motivational, short story and script writer. He
had his works featured in Tuck Magazine
and Dear SA.He spends most of his
time writing. He resides in Randburg, South Africa.
You
will find Zongezile Matshoba in your
township or village or school or town or hall or open ground, and wherever
there is a literary event for the young and old. His writings narrate the
humour and hardships of township and rural life, and interrogates whether it is
yet uhuru in people’s livelihood.
Ojonugwa John Attah is a Nigerian poet. He
also writes short stories and reviews of football matches especially the
Premier league. He teaches English and at other times Literature. He has been
published by and on: Best New African
Poets Anthology 2015, Kikwetu journal, Afrikrayons, The Muse Journal at
Nsukka amongst others. He has won a few awards for his writing in school and
for his behaviour. He loves playing and watching football, reading, writing,
listening to music and making new friends.
Aaliyah Cassim:I am a nineteen year
old South African currently studying Audiology at the University of KwaZulu
Natal, and I live with my parents and younger brother. I have enjoyed writing
both poetry and prose since a young age.
Alinafe Diana Zalira is a 4th year student
at the University of Malawi Chancellor College, studying Bachelors of education
languages. She is majoring in English and minoring in African languages and
linguistics. She was born on 17th January 1996. She has passion for poetry and
she writes poems during her free time.
Anesu Nyakubaya is a writer, blogger
and poet. Her work has been featured in the Zimbolicous
Poetry Anthology: Volumes 2 and 3 as well as Divas Inc Zw’s website and a number of other blogs. In her words,
inspiration is all around us all we need to do is concentrate, as her blog’s
tag line goes life is poetry. You can check out some of her work at www.soulfulmiss.co.za
Aubrey Sandile Ncube:I am a 25 year old man,
who currently lives in Zimbabwe. I love writing literature; prose and poems. I
am currently studying filmmaking in Harare, Zimbabwe. My dreams are vast; they
include publishing a book in 2019 and building a lasting Zimbabwe film
industry. I love poetry and usually recite at Open Mic in Harare.
Ayomide Odewumi
Mitchelle
is a Nigerian under-graduate. I’m the third of three children of Professor and
Dr. Mrs Odewumi. I’m fifteen years old and I like music, researching, reading,
designing, swimming and writing.
Bilton Boka:I am a very humble
young man who fell in love with poetry a very young age of 15 in high school,
started as a small hobby and then many people saw potential in my writing
abilities and it gave me fuel to keep on writing and become better. Poetry was
a platform that I used to express myself and my emotions
Chenjerai Mhondera is a poet, writers,
author, novelist, published in over ten publications to date. He comes from the
East, lives in Zimbabwe and is a Citizen of the world. He is Patron and Founder
of International Writers Association (IWA) formerly called Young Writers’ Club.
Christine Coates, a poet and writer
from Cape Town, holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cape
Town. Her poems and stories have been published in various literary journals.
She has two collections; Homegrown,
published in 2014, by Modjaji Books, received an honourable mention from the
Glenna Luschei Prize, and FIRE DROUGHT WATER published by Damselfly in 2018.
Christine’s poems have been selected for the EU Sol Plaatje Poetry anthologies 2011 – 2018, Best “New” African Poets
2015, 2016, 2017 Anthologies. Her short stories have been highly commended.
Coates recently participated in the inaugural Rutanang Book Fair in
Potchefstroom and the Cape Town Open Book Festival. She was a judge in the PEN
International New Voices Award 2016.
Daniel Many Owiti is a Kenyan creative
writer. He writes poems, articles and short stories. His interest is in African
literature and most of his poems revolve around Luo culture and contemporary
issues affecting youths. He participated in the inaugural Nyanza Literary
festival (NALIF-2016) where he emerged a first runners-up. He has also
published a number of poems in the Kenyan family magazine PARENTS and a number
of opinion articles in the Kenya's leading newspaper Saturday Nation. His poems
have been published in Jalada Africa
and Kalahari Review. He is the
founder of Eldoret Poets Association (EPA).
Ekundayo Asifatis a Nigerian poet,
based in Iwo, state of Osun. He obtained two degrees in Theatre Studies, one
from the then University of Ife (Now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.) and
the other from the University of Ibadan. A man of many parts – he is a teacher,
a poet, a farmer, a writer, actor and dancer. He is a principal of a community
secondary school.
Gerry Sikazwe is a Zambian poet,
literary blogger and promoter. His works have been featured in print magazines,
Newspapers, anthologies and Online literary sites notable being Nthanda Review, AfricanWriter.com, Dissident
Voice, Scarlet Leaf Review, The Global Zambian Magazine, Foxglove Journal,
Apricity Magazine, Tuck Magazine, African Curators, Creative Talent Unleashed,
Tipton Poetry Journal, Zimbabwe We Want Anthology, Times of Zambia (Sunday
Edition), and Spillwords.com.He
is the founding editor of New Ink Review,
a Zambian based online literary journal. Currently a University of Zambia
student reading Adult Education, and also actively involved in Creative writing
and Spoken-word poetry movements around Lusaka.
My
name is Handsen Chikowore and I am a
passionate human rights activist. I am a poet and believe that through poems I
am able to fight for justice and spearhead change for the better.
Irene Munthree:As a Life Coach I am
fiercely passionate about the personal development of all human beings with a
goal to empower people achieve their wildest dreams.
Johannes Mike Mupisa:I am an upcoming
Zimbabwean writer and it’s a passion I would wish to spur to greater heights. I
feel poetry is the voice of the voiceless. I published my debut novel Shukukuviri, this year and looking
forward to being published in the near future in other literature avenues. I
was born in 1988 in the gold mining town of Kadoma. I am currently resident in
Zimbabwe where I do three things, write, write and write. I am a proud holder
of an Honours Degree in Archaeology attained a Midlands State University in
2013.
Kelvin J. Shachile is a 21 years old
Kenyan born passionate writer, actor and poet. He studies Geography– specializing
in Geospatial analysis- at Maasai Mara University where he divides his time
studying, writing and acting. He has a passion for media studies, creative
writing, geography, history and literature. He has been twice published in Whispers an online international poetry
journal.
Lusajo Kalangali is a Tanzanian poet
and teacher. He is from Mbeya region, the southern highlands part of the
country. He studied Education at Teofilo Kisanji University.
Sonwabo Meyi:I was born and bred in
Grahamstown, from the Apartheid years, right up until South Africa became a
democratic country. I was schooled in Grahamstown, went to church there. I know
what the National Arts Festival used to be like, & I can clearly
distinguish between what it used to be, & what it is now. My being a Black
Consciousness Exponent makes me arrogant, however, that kind of a way of thought
has also taught me how to be the best version of myself, in all spheres of my
life. I read politically & I write in surrealism. Grahamstown has always
been a one-way economy.
Mobolaji Olawale practices medicine day
and night(literally) in Nigeria. Sometimes, he finds just enough time to pause
and write something other than prescriptions. Some of these works can be found
on several online journals. He is on twitter @theBolaji.
Monicah Lubanga Kuta:I am a Kenyan aspiring
writer. A graduate from Maseno university with a bachelor's degree in
Education(arts) wilt IT. A teacher of English and Literature.
Born
on the 3rd March, 1989, Mujtaba s
Abubakar is an aspiring poet. He is a second-class (upper division)
graduate in the department of English and Drama from Kaduna State University.
He has taught English language and Literature in several private schools in
Kaduna, Nigeria where he currently resides.
Nkosiyazi Kan Kanjiri is a South African
based Zimbabwean poet of Ndebele Shona decent. He is second winner of Drama For
Life National Online Poetry Contest held by the University of Witwatersrand in
2017. He is contributing poet to Zimbolicious
Poetry Volume three and has poems anthologized in Eagle on the Iroko, a collection published in Nigeria in memory of
Chinua Achebe. His poems have also appeared in the Sunday Mail and The Standard
under the Up In Arms Poetry column.
Nkosiyazi is a published short story writer too, with stories featuring in True Lies and Outside the Garden of Eden.
Nosakhare Collins is the author of a
chapbook “a pilgrim of songs” (Sevhage Publishers, 2018). Recent poems appeared
or are forthcoming in SEVHAGE Reviews,
Antarctica Journal, Least Bittern Books, Dwart Magazine, Youth Shades Magazine,
WRR (Words, Rhythms and Rhymes), Poetry Festival and has widely been
anthologized and publicized by eminent global repute. He writes & teaches
from Nigeria, and can be reached through social media handle; Facebook:
Nosakhare Collins, Twitter: @nosa_collins, Instagram: nosakharecollins
Odhiambo Kaumah is a Kenyan-born
teacher of Mathematics and Chemistry. He is a poet and creative writer whose
works have been performed at the Kenyan Music Festival to the national level.
His poetry has a deep foundation in the culture of the Luo Community of Kenya
intertwined with universal philosophies of an ethical African society. His
works of poetry have been published by Kalahari
Review and African Writers. He
also writes motivational stories based on students’ life, some of which have
been published in the Global Students
Integrity Centre magazine.
Born
in 1993, Okwudili Nebeolisa’s works
have appeared in Commonweath Writers,
Threepenny Review, Cincinnati Review, Catapult, Salamander Magazine, Ake Review,
and Ambit Magazine, and have been
shortlisted for the Gerald Kraak Award, the Sillerman Prize and have won second
place in the Okot P Bitek Prize for Poetry in Translation.
Oyoo Mboya is a Preacher of
Literature by passion and Teacher of English by profession. He's a Kenyan born,
bred and based poet whose works have featured in many anthologies, including
the BNAP 2017 anthology. He's
passionate about Art and the ability of Words to break walls and build bridges
across eons of time, gaps of distance and abysses of emotions.
Paul Oluwafemi David is a Nigerian Scientist,
Philosopher and Poet, he’s a student of the art of Professor Wole Soyinka and
Ben Okiri. Currently he is a student doctor at the college of human medicine
university of Nigeria Nsukka,his poems has been published in AFRIKANA, AFRICAN WRITER,PRAXIS,PRIDE,
NANTYGREENS, KALAHARI,WORDS,TUCK, BANGALORE MUSE and THREE DROPS.He's working
on some collections of poetry at the den.He can be reached on facebook via www.facebook.com/davidfirstnapaul.
Prosper M Kavunika is a Zimbabwean born
Afrocentric commentator and provocative writer whose works have been featured
in an online magazine_ Val tuck
magazine.
Sipho hobane Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean Human
Rights Activist, who stays in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the
Zimbabwe Vigil advocates for the respect of Human Rights in Zimbabwe.
Yamikani Brighton Imbe is a Malawian writer.
He attended the University of Malawi: Chancellor College where he studied
Literature. He currently writes from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. Some of his
poetry has appeared on Nthanda Review.
Pushcart
Prize nominated Abigail George is a
South African blogger at Goodreads, essayist, poet, playwright, short story
writer and novelist. She briefly studied film at the Newtown Film and
Television School in Johannesburg. Her writing has appeared in various
anthologies. She is the recipient of writing grants from the National Arts
Council in Johannesburg, the Centre for the Book in Cape Town and ECPACC
(Eastern Cape Provincial Arts and Culture Council) in East London. Her writing
has appeared numerous times in print in South Africa and online in e-zines
across Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Ireland, and the United States.
Adjei Agyei-Baah is a lecturer and
translator at the University of Ghana School of Distance Education, Kumasi
Campus, and teaches Academic Writing and Literature related courses. He is also
the co-founder Africa Haiku Network and Poetry Foundation Ghana, and currently
serves as the managing co-editor of The Mamba, Africa’s first international
haiku Journal. He is widely anthologized, won several international awards and
had his debut poetry collection, Afriku recently
cited by Professor Wole Soyinka, Africa's first Nobel Prize literature laureate
at The 1st Asian Literature Festival 2017 in Gwangju, South Korea. Adjei is an
author of other three haiku/senryu collections: Ghana 21 Haiku (Mamba Africa Press 2017), Piece of My Fart (Mamba Africa Press 2018) and recently Trio of Windows (JUNPA 2018), a
collaborative haiku collection with
Professor Ikuyo Yoshimura and Maki Starfield and published by Japanese
Universal Poets Association.
Sinaso Mxakaza is a young South
African writer who started writing in 2008 inspired by her love for books. Her
poems are about healing, change and finding one's voice in the world we live
in. Her work has been published online in sites such as Voicesnet, Fundza, Poetry Potion, Ja Mag SA, The Pangolin Review, an
online anthology (Next Generation Speaks Global Youth Anthology) and Africa, UK, and Ireland: Writing Politics
and Knowledge Production Vol 1. She was longlisted for the Sol Plaatjie
European Award and the first runner up in the Creative Freelance Writerz
competition.
Awodiya Funke is a Nigerian poet,
author, medical sociologist, presenter, social campaigner and sickle cell
advocate. A Lagosian of Osun extraction, currently resides in Lagos. She is a
member of Poets in Nigeria (PIN), active member Association of Nigerian
Authors. She’s a fellow of Ebedi Writer’s Residency, Oyo State Nigeria. Awodiya
is poet who believes in using poetry to positively impacts people and societies
World wide.( Poetry for service).
My
name is Charissa Cassels and I am
currently studying towards an Honours degree in Journalism and Media Studies at
Rhodes University. I am a Coloured South African woman and am passionate about my
identity and its complexities. I am not interested in being a voice of the
voiceless but rather giving people platforms where their voices can be heard.
Christopher
Kudyahakudadirwe is
a Zimbabwean freelance writer and poet who believes that the only way to
continue speaking to people even after one has departed to meet the ancestors
is by writing. Period. He runs a poetry blog at www.kudyahakudadirwe.wordpress.com
Crystal Warren is a South African writer.
Her poems have appeared in several journals and anthologies as well as two
collections, Bodies of Glass and Predictive Text. She lives in
Grahamstown and works at the National English Literary Museum, both of which
are in the process of changing names
Fethi Sassi was born on the 1st of
June 1962 in Nabul (Tunisia). He is a writer of prose, poetry and short poems
and haiku; translatorof all his poems to English. A member in the Tunisian
Writers' Union; and in the Literature club at the cultural center of Sousse. First
book entitled "A Seed of Love" was published in 2010,I dream …. and I sign on birds the last
words, in 2013. A sky for a strange
bird, a first edition was published in Egypt in 2016, Second edition in
September 2018 in Tunisia.As lonely rose
..one a chair, published in Egypt in march 2017, a poetic book was
published in 2018 in Egypt,I used to hang
my face behind the door.Translated English short poetry book was published
in Zimbabwe by Mwanaka Media and Publishingin 2018, I throw a star in wine glass
Goodenough Mashego is the author of three
volumes of poetry, Journey With Me, Taste
of My Vomit and Just Like Space
Cookies. In 2018 he published his first collection of essays titled How To Sink The Black Ball. Mashego also
has an audio recording titled Just Like
Space Cookies – Listening Sessions Volume One which is available on
GooglePlay and iTunes
Harry Owen, originally from
Liverpool, UK, but now firmly established in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, is
the host of Grahamstown’s popular monthly open-floor event called Reddits
Poetry. He is the author of seven poetry collections and editor of the
international anthology For Rhino in a
Shrinking World in support of efforts to save the rhino (and the wilderness
upon which it depends) from extinction. His latest collection is The Cull: new and resurrected poems(Poets
Printery, 2017). Harry is currently engaged in compiling and editing a new
anthology of poetry by writers who share a strong connection with the city of
Grahamstown, where he lives.
Ismail Bala writes in English and
Hausa. He teaches English at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, where he
specialises in modern and contemporary poetry, and literary theory. His poetry
and translations have appeared in the UK, the USA, Canada, India and South
Africa, in journals such as Poetry
Review, Ambit, New Coin, Okike, A Review of International English Literature
and Aura Literary Arts Review. Born
and educated to university level in Kano, he did his post-graduate studies at
Oxford. He is a Fellow of the International Writing Programme of the University
of Iowa; currently working on his first collection of poems.
John Anusie is an aspiring writer
who suffers from sporadic bouts of shyness and introversion. He regularly gets
invitations to readings and book launches. When he attends a reading and his
name is called to read, he immediately hides under a desk. Shyness is one affliction
he is yet to overcome.
My
name is Kennedy Chege, a Kenyan poet
mainly preoccupied in documenting the stark and benign layers of meaning in
life. My focus is an ambivalent one, ranging from realism, romanticism,
surrealism... to contemporary observation
Lwanda Sindaphiis an actor, published
playwright, poet and director. He is the co-founder and creative director of
Lingua Franca Spoken Word Movement which performed at Northwestern University
in Chicago. He is both New Africa (2010-2011) and Magnet Theatre graduate
(2012-2016). He is currently pursuing an Advanced Diploma in Theatre Making at
the University of Cape Town. In 2014 he was named best poet in Africa by
Badilisha Poetry. He teaches poetry at The Cypher, an organisation of young
poets. In 2016, mentored by Jennie Reznek and Barbara Kölling of the HELIOS
Theatre, he directed Paired which performed at the Cradle of Creativity; and
KUDU. He has travelled internationally with War Horse (Handspring Company)
Martin Chrispine Juwa is a Malawian history
and literature teacher. Sometimes he writes poetry; sometimes he makes reggae
beats in the ghettos of Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi. He is a graduate
of the University of Malawi; Chancellor College, where he studied History and
Theology – and how to live with everyone. He loves to read and write about
poverty, love and politics.
Michael Ace is a Writer and Poet
from Ibadan, Nigeria. He has authored two poetry chapbooks titled Sermon From A Stammerer and Scarlet Silk.His poems have also
appeared or forthcoming on Praxis
Magazine, Brittlepaper, Lunaris Review, Kalahari Review, WRR, Tuck Magazine,
African Writer, Wildsound Review, Peregrine Reads, Parousa Magazine and
more. He is a Computer Scientist but with a great passion for Art and
Literature. He is a curator of anthologies and contests, including Pun Poetry Contest, 2018, Growth Contest,
2018, Wakanda: Rewriting Africa, 2018, In
my father’s house anthology, 2017, Healing Hands, 2016 and many more.
Modest Dhlakama is a Zimbabwean, who
is a passionate baker and cake decorator. She is a freelance writer who enjoys
writing poetry, short stories, songs and is currently working on her first
novel. Her poems have been published in Poetry
Potion and the McGregor Anthology
2016.
Nellah Nonkondlo
Mntanenhlabathi
is a Bulawayo thorough breed pensmith. She uses her ink to craft poetic pieces
and short stories both in English and Ndebele. She has been published in
various anthologies. Her words resonate with the reader on some level but the
emotional roller coaster her words take you on,reveals emotions that one never
knew they had.Beside calling herself a weirdo crawling to greatness,she is a
work in progress.
Nkwana Joshua Serutle is a writer, spoken
word poet and fine art artist, who was born and raised outside Burgersfort,
Limpopo. In 2017 he joined Mzansi Poetry Academy to enhance his writing skill.
His work draws more attention on the streets and shifting paradigms on social
issues. Some of his highlights in 2017 includes performing at SABC 1, Yo TV.
Later on that year he became Top 10 finalist for Leleme La Mme poetry
competition. He won the CSP 2018 Open Slam King of the Mic. His poems had been
published on Poetry Potion online
magazine, Odd Magazine and Sol Plaatje European
My
name is Ntseka Masoabi. I am a
Lesotho citizen. I am an international student at Rhodes University studying
towards a Master of Science degree in Geology. I have committed most of my free
time in reading books and writing poems
and short stories, as a way of vocalizing my inner-most feelings and
ultimately, capturing my life journey Two of my poems, entitled Home and another piece without a title,
are yet to be published in Harry Owens upcoming Anthology.
OlakitanAladesuyi is a Nigerian writer of
short stories, poetry and drama. Her writing is mostly influenced by
occurrences around her and her belief in the power of stories to create
connections and shape perceptions. When she is not creating content for digital
media, she is either writing code or actively searching for experiences to make
into dramatic fiction
Paradzai Givemore
Macheka
was born on 18 August in 1962 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Currently he is a business
person in the hospitality industry in Johanessburg, South Africa. Givemore is a
qualified teacher who taught at several schools in his home country Zimbabwe. He
holds a degree in Bachelor of Technology and Education Management. Diploma in
Journalism and Professional writing.Diploma in Tourism Management.Givemore is a
published writer in 2 Shona Poetry Anthologies in Zimbabwe, namely: Tipeiwo Dariro published by College
Press (1995) and Ngoma Yekwedu published
by Budding Writers Association of Zimbabwe (1998)
Pelonomi Itumeleng is a 25-year-old South
African mother of one and third year B.Ed student at the Sol Plaatjie
University. She is the author of a collection of poems titled Echoes of the Inclined (2015) and she is
the Study of the United States Institute (SUSI) international exchange program
alumna. Itumeleng is a gender-based violence activist. Her current project is Rape, Consent and Demons, a poetic
narrative of gender-based violence, specifically focusing on rape survivors.
She facilitates workshops in leadership, creative writing and personal
development. She is the compiler and co-editor of The Albertina Sisulu Anthology:Reflections.
Sibulelo Manamatela is a poet, writer and
performer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work has appeared in Type/Cast Issue 5, Poetry Potion Issue 013
and in The Sol Plaajie European Union
Poetry Anthology Vol. VIII.
Sipho Mthabisi Ndebelehas been writing and
performing poetry since 2005. He founded the Exodus Klan poetry collective with
whom he recorded a spoken word album. In 2015 he released his debut EP: Dusty Foot Traveler. In 2016 he staged
his first theatrical poetry production entitled Mosaic Man. Sipho was a featured poet at the Naked Word Poetry
Festival in 2016 and 2017 and Bloemfontein’s Litfees in 2017. Sipho traveled to
Germany in 2017 as part of the “Agenda 2030: Arts and Culture Makes the World
Go Round” project. Sipho can be reached on Facebook at “Sipho Kotobason Ndebele
– poet”
Valentine Madukife
Okolo is
a poet, a film maker, and a social activist. His poems have been published
internationally in the literary magazines Apogee
Journal, Origins Journal and other places. Apart from the world of words,
he is also active in the realm of electronic visual media. He has created and
produced a couple of TV shows and short films. A lover of nature and art he
believes that creativity is the gateway that we use to connect to ourselves and
the universe. He tweets occasionally on twitter. His handle: @poetval.
Zahraa' Raadhiya Khaki is an artist and poet
currently residing in Durban, KwaZulu Natal. Born a Dreamer, Zahraa' began
translating her fantasies into the physical realm from the moment she learnt how
to reify her emotion with words. Her parents are both South African citizens,
and as her heritage is far too tangled to decipher, she simply identifies as
Woman, Artist, and Created. Shespends her days writing The Book that Never Gets
Written, weeping over any piece of good writing or newly discovered art form,
and occasionally recalls that she is in the midst of completing her Psychology
and Literature degree. Her favourite artistic genre is magic realism, the
influence of which can be seen in most of her poetry.
Xolani Ntuli was born from Soweto,
aspiring writer and performing poet and former student in mzansi poetry academy.Writer
in: isiZulu and English. Performed in Siyagiya spoken word competitions in 2017
July and performed "69" poems hosted by UNISA university of South
Africa and preformed in word and sound series, currently participant in C.S.P
Currently State Poetry Youth Developments,.one of the member on YALE: Young
African Leaders initiative 2018 Mandela Washington fellowship program. Performed
at Boys and Girls Youth Africa Art and Culture competition in May 2018.He was
nominated for the APAPA Poetry Awards: Best male poet and Best title poem 2018
Adatsi Brownson is a 24 year old young
reactionary poet from the Volta region
of Ghana. He was born in Accra, the capital of Ghana where he lived and
schooled. He is a graduate of Chemistry and had been writing for about 12 years
now. He is a prolific poet who has written over 200 poems and still counting.
His aim is to impact and heal the world with his unique gift of poesy. He writes
every type of poem so as to do away with limitations.
Adorn Keketso Mashigo is a short story
writer, poet, book reviewer at Pulp
Review, translator and freelance journalist based in Mpumalanga,
Bushbuckridge.
Amani Nsemwa is a junior banker and
a writer, aged 25. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in
Marketing Management from Mzumbe University, Morogoro, Tanzania. He is an open
minded youth, and has had previously worked with CRDB Bank Plc., a leading bank
in the country. He is a believer that all the things will turn out to be good
in the end. Influenced by Christianity, he tolerates all the beliefs and wishes
to meet his fellow poets in one way or another, through the beautiful forums
like BNAP readings. He likes
travelling, and booze.
Awuah Mainoo Gabriel, hails from Ghana, a
poet, playwright and a tennis professional. Currently studying in the
university of cape coast.Critics affirm that his remarkable weave of words
marks him as a "lyricist extraordinaire". His works have been
published online and appeared in most prestigious literary magazines.
Beaton Galafa is a Malawian writer
of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. He currently lives and writes from Jinhua,
China. His work has appeared in Betrayal, The Seasons, Empowerment, BNAP
2017 Anthology, Better Than Starbucks, Love Like Salt anthology, 300K
Anthology, Literary Shanghai, Mistake House Magazine, Africa, UK, and Ireland:
Writing Politics and Knowledge Production, Fourth & Sycamore, The Wagon
Magazine, Transcending the Flame, Every Writer’s Resource, First Writer
Magazine, The Bombay Review, Writing Grandmothers Anthology, Africa Vs Latin
America Vol 2, Kalahari Review, The Maynard, Birds Piled Loosely, Atlas and
Alice, South 85 Journal, Nthanda Review, The Voices Project and elsewhere.
My
name is Blessing Turvey Damasiki
Chimunyapule. I was born on the 19th February 1982 in Bindura, Zimbabwe. I
began writing political essays just for personal amusement, and then began
writing poetry in 2016. I have written several poems. My poetry is inspired by
politics and the desire to inspire others. I am a Pan-African at heart. I am
currently studying with Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
of Zimbabwe. I have written columns for
The Soweto Bulletin and The Bulawayo Bulletin, writing motivational articles
directed at inspiring high school students. I am currently teaching Matric
English Home language in Johannesburg.
Charles O. Okoth:I have written
extensively. I have published 13 books, and contributed to an anthology of
poetry,Sing me a Song, (East African
Educational Publishers). I have won the Burt Award for African Literature
(2015) for my novel, High Tide at
Shibale, and was shortlisted for the same BAYAAL this year, 2018, amongst
the four finalists nationally, for my new novel, A feast with the Dragon.
Chukwudi Nwokpoku is an award-winning
Nigerian teacher, poet, songwriter, and gardener. He holds an NCE in English and
Igbo Languages from the Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo and is
currently pursuing a degree in Education/English at the Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Awka. He’s involved in the promotion of African Literature through
a national poetry movement in Nigeria called — POETS IN NIGERIA(PIN) as he’s
the Lead Representative of PIN, Abakaliki Connect Centre. His poetry has
appeared inLunaris Review, PIN Quarterly
Journal, Dumbstruck Magazine, Mad Swirl, Libations for Nigeria, and
others.He hails from Ikwo in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Dennis Omolo is a Kenyan high
school teacher of English and Literature whose poems have been performed at the
Kenya Music Festival for the last 5 years. Apart from poetry, the 30-year-old
documents the Kenyan Premier League through photos and makes short films and
documentaries. He is currently working on his poetry anthology to be released
in 2020.
My
name is Elijah Unimke Aniah. I am a
Nigerian from cross river state. Also I'm a student of mechanical engineering with
a deep interest in poetry. My inspiration to write comes from pain, struggle
and fear. I seldom write about love. My philosophy in life is to contribute to
the common store thereby benefiting from the capacities of others.
Fikile C. Makhubostarted writing in
primary school. She writes mostly in English with a fuse of two of South
Africa’s official languages, Sesotho and Zulu. She fell in love with
performance poetry in 2009 when she was adopted by a poetry movement called
SickNatcha in her home town and has not stopped since. She has showcased in a
great few shows, won some competitions and lost some equally.
My
name is Hlengiwe Bila. I am a
Journalism graduate from Limpopo. Currently living in JohannesburgSoweto. I was
born and bred in a village called Shirley 30minutes outside of Makhado. I am an
only child but I grew up in a big family. My love for writing is greatly
inspired by the people in my life, and my past life. I write what I feel and in
a way this has been therapeutic to me. I one day hope to write professionally,
and not just as a Journalist
Dr.
Odewumi,Joy Odifemenuwe teaches
gender, cultural and performance studies at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of
Education, School of languages; Department of English Otto/Ijanikin Lagos
Nigeria.
Kgomotso Ledwaba:I am one part
university drop-out, and two parts future graduate. I also think I need to undo
the years of miseducation. So, now you can find me at a bookstore dedicated to
promoting African literature. I have learnt more here than I ever did in all my
history, life orientation, and literature classes. Now I spend my time writing
and loving, it's working so far.
My
name is Melissa Farquhar, I am a
fourth-year education student at Nelson Mandela University. I developed a love
for writing poetry at a young age and have since written many poems under the
pseudonym “m.c.f”.
I
am Leelisa Jacob Sero. I am an Ethiopian
Oromo.I was born in Ethiopia but raised in Kenya in Kakuma Refugee Camp. Been a
teacher for 5 years at the camp.I am a social media activist and advocate
of equality,justice,rule of law and
democracy. I am currently pursuing medicine because of a career switch. I have
a passion and appreciation for literature and functional writing while in my
high school days.
Elemide Benjamin is a creative and
inspirational writer, public speaker, spoken word poet, and events moderator.
His short story, Children of The Street,
won the ChildHero Short story contest, 2016. His poem, Once upon a dream, won the 2018 FUNAAB poetry contest. His poems
have appeared on local and international anthologies. The young man is a
Teacher, Biochemist, and has interest in personal and professional development.
He's interested in youth, leadership, and societal impact. He is the visioneer
of The Great Minds, an initiative that brings young people together to learn
and grow together to build capacities for leadership, and transfer the skills
to the younger generation.
Tatenda Murigo is a youthful
Zimbabwean poet, steadily rising in the world of art in the African society.
She is passionate about writing, mainly focused on areas of self-love, healing,
growth and African empowerment. She has been published in a number of journals
including Women of Inspiration to
name but a few. She is an active public speaker and an art activist in Africa.
Richard Mbuthia is a teacher, a poet, an
editor and a motivational speaker. He has great passion for poetry. His is passionate about helping to
inculcate and develop the poetic craft in children. He is also a published poet
in books and in different forums online. Some of his poetry books are: The Setting Noon and Other Poems (2017),
Letters of Gold (2017) and Bounding for Light (2018). The last two
are children’s poetry anthologies he compiled and edited.
Mari Ballot says, I have written my first poem at the age
of 5 although English is not my mother tongue? I have had some poems published
but is now writing my book? However my passion is saving the planet and doing
upliftment and job creation via Bamboo projects in Africa.
Antonio Garcia is currently a
visiting scholar at New York University, Centre on International Cooperation.
An experienced project and programme manager he has worked in various contexts
including international NGOs and the military. As a visiting lecturer he has
taught at Durham University (UK) and New York University as well as at various
military colleges and schools, He also holds an adjunct faculty position at the
University of South Africa and has been an instructor at the University of the
People. Antonio has published in academic and professional journals, and has
also published in poetry and literature anthologies. He is also a fellow of the
Royal Geographical Society, certified Chartered Geographer (RGS-IBG), Project
Management Professional (Project Management Institute) and is a PhD candidate
at Stellenbosch University.
My name
is Xolile Mabuza, and I am a
21-year-old poet from South Africa(Lihawu a township after Nelspruit). I began
writing and performing three years ago out of love for the written and spoken
word.Growing up, I was always quiet. I believed that my voice did not matter,
which encouraged a fear in myself, in my voice. I could not trust my words. But
then I started writing and performing poetry. I started speaking. I write about
things I couldn't talk about: the pain, the lessons, and experiences that have
brought me to where I am now. I'm healing myself through my work, and it has
always been my dream to share my healing, my voice with the world.This year
August I was a resident writer for Naane Le Moya where some of my short stories
where published.
Ismael Farinha: Contabilista, Poeta, Declamador,
Membro do movimento Lev`arte, Membro do Chá de Caxinde, Membro da SADIA,
começou a escrever poesias por influencias do RAP( ritmo arte e poesia) na
infância, em 2013 decidiu aventurar se neste mundo vasto das letras, participou
no livro do poeta Zola Vida com dois poemas lançado em 2014 Contemplando o
invisível, tem participado na revista ONMIRA do poeta e jornalista Brasileiro
Roberto Leal, no prelo antologia de poetas das noite de poesia da fundação arte
e cultura, na qual é o mentor da mesma actividade desde 2016 que acontece uma
vez por mês.
Fernando Paciência Luteiro Palaia, 23 anos de idade
estudante do 4º ano curso de Engenharia em Ciências Informáticas na
Universidade de Ciências Informáticas (UCI), residente no
exterior(Havana-Cuba). Venho por meio
deste apresentar a minha candidatura para fazer parte uma vez mais desta
magnifica obra que reúne os melhores poetas de África, dizer que é uma honra
poder participar pela segunda vez deste grande projeto bem-haja a vocês,
bem-haja a poesia acima de tudo. Saudações!!
Kalunga é o pseudónimo de João Fernando André.
Escritor, ensaísta eprofessor de língua portuguesa e literatura. Bacharel
em Letras, Língua eLiteraturas em Língua Portuguesa, pela Faculdade de Letras
daUniversidade Agostinho Neto. Membro da Academia Oeirense de Artes(Brasil).
Vencedor, nas categorias de Conto e Crónica, do 26º ConcursoInternacional de Poesias,
Contos e Crônicas e menção honrosa nascategorias de poesia e conto do 27º
Concurso Internacional de Poesias,Contos e Crônicas (realizados pela Academia
Internacional de Artes Letrase Ciências, Brasil, RS). Tem textos
publicados nas antologias “Poesia ComReticências” (Pastelaria Studios
Editora, Portugal), «5 Sentidos», noJornal Cultura (Angola), na
revista Palavra & Arte (Angola) e narevista eis
Fluências (Portugal/Brasil
Ynarus: Angolana. A young Angolan girl who found in her writing
the vent she needed to heal her soul from the traumas.
Hondina
Rodrigues nasceu a 27 de Setembro, em
Luanda, Angola. Técnica média, formada pelo ICRA, e estudante de Direito. Gosta
de actuar, cantar e escrever. Participou das colectâneas: “Amor à Sabedoria” em
2008, “Pratica(Mente)” em 2010, “O Canto da Kianda” em 2016, Sementes da Língua
– Angola Galiza em 2017.
Maria Manuel Godinho
Azancot de Menezes, has portuguese and santomean ancestry, resides in
angola and is a pediatrician in Luanda. She’s the author of the poetry book “Magic moon”, launched in
September 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal.Participates in the 2017 VIII anthology of
contemporary Portuguese poets ”Between sleep and dream”, in the “Best New
African Poets”(BNAP) - 2017 anthology, and in the first lusophone anthology of
the publisher Paráfrase 2018 “I can’t defer the heart”.Her poems are the
reflection of experiences, values, dreams, and appeals to humanity.
Branca Clara das Neves nasceu no Luena, província do Moxico em Angola. Publicou em
2014, Luena Luanda Lisboa: fala de Maria Benta, livro editado pela Colibri e o
audio-livro da mesma obra em 2016, com o Estúdio de Filipe Santo. Tem para publicar
Zindengono Zi-Buzitu, um conto em Português, Kikongo Yombe e Francêswww.brancaclaradasneves.com
Hosiasse Miguel Cambanje: pseudónimo: Ozias Cambanje.Nascido 01/01/1990
em Cahora-Bassa, Tete, Moçambique.Poeta, Professor e Estudante do Instituto
Superior de Artes e Cultura (ISArC) desde 2016.
Morais José Manuel, nome artístico
“Bestmora”, filho de Jonas Manuel Zamos e de Rita José Kanjila, nascido ao 25
de Janeiro de 1995, em Cangola – Alto Cauale, Município de Cangola, Província
do Uíge, nacionalidade Angolana. Frequentou o ensino médio no instituto Médio
Técnico 17 de Dezembro em 2014. Exerce a profissão de Professor.
Canhanga Soberano nasceu no Libolo,
Angola, em 1976. Licenciado em Comunicação Social e mestrando em Ciências
Empresariais. Trabalhou em diversos media nacionais e estrangeiros. Leccionou
na Universidade Lweji A Nkonde e no Instituto Superior Politécnico Lusíada da
Lunda Sul. Foi assessor de comunicação da diamantífera Catoca e dirige o
Gabinete de Recursos Humanos do Ministério da Geologia e Minas.Publicou: “O
Sonho de Kaúia” (romance-2010), “Manongo-Nongo” (contos-2012), “10encantos
(poesia -2013), “O Relógio do Velho Trinta” (romance-2014), “O coleccionador de
pirilampos” (Contos-2014) e “Canções ao vento” (poesia 2015). No prelo: ”Amor sem
Pudor” (poesia).
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