Seven New Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Boxed Set

Description

This eight-piece boxed set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of seven African poets, with an introduction by Kwame Dawes, APBF series editor, and Chris Abani. The boxed set is an annual project starting in 2014 to ensure the publication of seven chapbooks by African poets through participating publishers. Publication is made possible through Slapering Hol Press, in association with APBF and the literary journal "Prairie Schooner," with support from The Poetry Foundation.The chapbook contains: "Mandible" by TJ Dema "The Cartographer of Water" by Clifton Gachagua "Carnaval "by Tsitsi Jaji "The Second Republic" by Nick Makoha "Ordinary Heaven" by Ladan Osman "Our Men Do Not Belong To Us" by Wasan Shire "Otherwise Everything Goes On" by Len Verwey"