BEST “NEW” AFRICAN POETS 2019 ANTHOLOGY/
ANTOLOGIE DES MEILLEURES “NOUVEAUX” POETES AFRICAINS 2019/
ANTOLOGIA DOS MELHORES “NOVOS” AFRICANOS 2019
Edited and Compiled by:
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Creativity,
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Collaborations
ReImagining Africa: First
group collaboration
A boy in search of Africa: Susan Gamuchirai Muchirahondo and Chenjerai Mhondera
Make me happy
again: The Earth’s Song: Second group collaboration
English poems, part 1
My Home South Africa: Bashi Pather (South Africa)…..
HOPELESS HOPE: Adatsi
Brownson (Ghana)….
THE BURIAL: Adatsi
Brownson (Ghana)….
Night Club In Ilesha: Adeniran
Joseph (Nigeria)…
The Road leads Us To Somewhere: Adeniran Joseph (Nigeria)…
Slaves and Prisoners: Adeyemi
Amos Adegboyega (Nigeria)…
The Long John Silver: Adjei Agyei-Baah
(Ghana)….
MAN AND SOCIETY- JUST ONE DROP: Ajeh Goodluck (Nigeria)…
"TO
THE HEART'S OUT THERE..."- MY HEART: Ajeh Goodluck (Nigeria)…
I QUIT: Amani Nsemwa
(Tanzania)…
PRINCESS POLITICS: Amani Nsemwa (Tanzania)…
MY ZIMBABWEAN BUNNY: Amani Nsemwa (Tanzania)…
The Political Table: Annette
Mbapa Ikongo (Tanzania)…
Please shut the door:
Annette Mbapa Ikongo (Tanzania)…
yesterday’s poem: Archie Swanson (South
Africa)…
shooting star: Archie Swanson (South Africa)…
mentor: Archie Swanson (South Africa)…
The grumpy woman: Athene Nyarai
Mutyambizi (Zimbabwe)…
ESU’S CALL: Ogunleye
Gbemisola (Nigeria)…
THE SMOKE THAT MUST BE DOUSED: Ojonugwa John Attah(Nigeria)…
THE RING WE FIGHT IN: Ojonugwa John Attah(Nigeria)…
THE BEAUTIFUL HOLES IN YOUR SHOES: Ojonugwa John Attah(Nigeria)…
DEAR MAN, YOU CAN TOUCH MY BREASTS: Brenda Anyango Midamba. (Kenya)…
SUICIDE PLAYBACK: Busamoya
Phodiso Modirwa (Botswana)…
on news you
cannot keep your children from hearing: Busamoya
Phodiso Modirwa (Botswana)…
Violence: Carl Capitaine (South Africa)…
Good News: Carl Capitaine (South Africa)…
Sleepy Talk: Carl Capitaine (South Africa)…
Coping: Carlin Brown (South Africa)…
Sonnet: Chaun Ballard
(USA)…
Minya, Egypt: Chaun
Ballard (USA)…
Q & A: Chaun Ballard
(USA)…
as you withhold forgive!: Chenjerai
Mhondera (Zimbabwe)….
MAKANA M BỤ
NWATA NWANYỊ: Chinedu Vincent Okoro (Nigeria)…
Mourning
the Former First Monster: Christopher ‘Voice’ Kudyahakudadirwe (Zimbabwe)..
The
Harvest of Fear: Christopher ‘Voice’ Kudyahakudadirwe (Zimbabwe)..
Salesmen of Nightmares: Christopher
‘Voice’ Kudyahakudadirwe (Zimbabwe)..
Cigarettes, Brandy and Kicked in Doors: Troy
Da Costa (Zimbabwe)…
The Roots of My Hair: Troy Da Costa
(Zimbabwe)…
The Poet & the Sea: Daisy May (South Africa)…..
Zola: Daisy May (South
Africa)…..
A Place You’ll Never Know: Daisy May (South Africa)…..
I feel Her Beauty: Dennis Brad Kunguru (Kenya)…
Tell me how it will be: Dennis Brad
Kunguru (Kenya)…
Walking in the rain: Dlephu
Mthokozisi Simlindile (South
Africa)…..
South Africa: Dlephu
Mthokozisi Simlindile (South
Africa)…..
This car: Dlephu
Mthokozisi Simlindile (South
Africa)…..
BEAUTY BEHELD: Dorcas
Wairuri Maina (Kenya)…
OPEN AIR: Dorcas
Wairuri Maina (Kenya)…
FRAIL TREASURES OF TIME: Dorcas Wairuri Maina (Kenya)…
BLACKWORTH: Elijah Aniah (Nigeria)…
BRANCHES: Elijah Aniah (Nigeria)…
ISOLATION MEANS HOME: Elijah Aniah (Nigeria)…
Words Untold:
Emmanuel Chitsanzo Mtema (Malawi)…
Behind it: Emmanuel
Chitsanzo Mtema (Malawi)….
Enemies of the Word: Fareed
Agyakwah (Ghana)…
Xenophobia (We Live in Times of Fear): Fareed Agyakwah (Ghana)…
Passion: Fareed
Agyakwah (Ghana)…
Party colors: Gabriel Awuah Mainoo (Ghana)…
7 shapes of God: Gabriel
Awuah Mainoo (Ghana)…
Passerby: Gabriel
Awuah Mainoo (Ghana)…
I WILL DIE
AFRCAN: Geoffrey Pande Mutale (Zambia)…
MOTIVATION: Kiplan
Deon (Kenya)…
The Umbrella and Broom: Iloke, Chukwuemeka (Nigeria)…
Python Dance: Iloke, Chukwuemeka (Nigeria)…
The Last Finger Touch: Iloke, Chukwuemeka (Nigeria)…
Ma: Jarryd
Terblanche (South Africa)…
Body: Jarryd
Terblanche (South Africa)…
THE WORM IN OUR
WOMB: Jerusha
Kananu (Kenya)…
Refuse
to Die: Jonas Zaithwa Chisi (Malawi)..
Doppelganger:
Jonas Zaithwa Chisi (Malawi)..
My
Adze: Jonas Zaithwa Chisi (Malawi)..
Crossing lines: Joseph Hope (Nigeria)…
Rendezvous: Joseph Hope (Nigeria)…
Ma’s house: Kirsten Deane (South Africa)…
11 cigarettes: Kirsten Deane (South Africa)…
Master of All: Kudzai N. Manzira (Zimbabwe)…
PIECES:
Lebile Melt Tosin (Nigeria)…
Diamond Town: Lex Loizides (South Africa)…
love safari: Lex Loizides (South Africa)…
the mountain and the sea: Lex
Loizides (South Africa)…
Indigenous languages and Translational poetry
GQALANI UKWENZA KWENU MZ' ONTSUNDU: Lubabalo Tatase (South Africa)…
NDINQWENELA UKUBA YIMBONGI: Lubabalo Tatase (South Africa)…
NDITHUNYWA NGUMOYA: Lubabalo Tatase (South Africa)…
Lenguas viperinas: Encarnación Bioko Chochi (Spain)
Viperine languages: Encarnación Bioko Chochi Spain)
Esencia: Encarnación
Bioko Chochi Spain)
Essence: Encarnación
Bioko Chochi Spain)
Tez libre: Encarnación Bioko Chochi Spain)
Complexion: Encarnación Bioko Chochi Spain)
AMIZADE: Maria Manuel Menezes (Angola)
FRIENDSHIP: Maria
Manuel Menezes(Angola), Translated by Nuri S. M .Torres
TRAGÉDIAS VIVAS - ALERTA À HUMANIDADE: Maria Manuel Menezes(Angola)
LIVING TRAGEDIES- ALERT TO HUMANITY: Maria Manuel Menezes(Angola), Translated by Nuri
S. M .Torres
SE ALGUÉM DE MIM GOSTAR: Maria Manuel Menezes(Angola)
IF ANYONE LIKES ME: Maria Manuel Menezes(Angola), Translated
by Nuri S. M .Torres
Nga
zendawo na-madji: Baldine
Moussa (Ils Comores)
Ça
part en fume: Baldine Moussa (Ils Comores)
English
poems, part 2
The
ugly conception of reality: Macdonald Emeka Oparaocha (Nigeria)…
Untitled: Macdonald
Emeka Oparaocha (Nigeria)…
Tragedy of a new lover: Mandhla A Mavolwane (Zimbabwe)…
Adam and Eve: Mandhla A Mavolwane (Zimbabwe)…
Another
Body: Marial Awendit (South Sudan)….
Two
Tastes of the Lord’s Prayer after Roasting a Tortoise: Marial
Awendit (South Sudan)….
Of
buds: Marial Awendit (South Sudan)….
African
Pride: Martin Chrispine Juwa (Malawi)..
An
African Drum: Martin Chrispine Juwa (Malawi)..
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY: Mayende
Collins Israel (Uganda)…
Scattered
Seed: Mbonisi Zikhali (Zimbabwe)…
Walking
On Eggshells: Mbonisi Zikhali (Zimbabwe)…
Reflections:
Mbonisi Zikhali (Zimbabwe)…
DAYS
OF THE ANCESTORS: Michael C. Ikegwu (Nigeria)…
Pledges: Michael
Ace (Nigeria)…
Elegy: Michael
Ace (Nigeria)…
Goodbye: Michael
Ace (Nigeria)…
A Cry In The Wilderness:
Modest Dhlakama (Zimbabwe)…
Load Shedding Or Load Adding: Modest Dhlakama (Zimbabwe)…
J.V.F: Mthabisi Sithole
(Zimbabwe)…
the broad day: Mthabisi Sithole (Zimbabwe)…
Unbound: Mthabisi Sithole (Zimbabwe)…
They have a dream: Nica Cornell (South Africa)…
CJR: Nica Cornell (South Africa)…
Original Sin: Nica Cornell (South Africa)…
I AM…: Noncedo Khewu (South Africa)…
a
song for mother: Nosakharee Collins (Nigeria)…
when
we died in the midst of salvation: Nosakharee Collins (Nigeria)…
Untitled: Ntseka Masoabi (Lesotho)…
Noxolo: Ntseka Masoabi (Lesotho)…
THE GENESIS: Odemakin Taiwo Hassan (Nigeria)…
THE REVELATON: Odemakin
Taiwo Hassan (Nigeria)…
Lords
of Poverty: Elegba Grace Oluwadunsin (Nigeria)…
BLACK:
Elegba Grace Oluwadunsin (Nigeria)…
THE RAVEN: Omadang Yowasi (Uganda)…
Meat
me: Oscar Ashitiva (Kenya)…
STILL WAITING: Blandina Manditereza (Zimbabwe)…
Police
Officer: Natasha Tinotenda Gwiriri (Zimbabwe)…
Sudden
death: Oscar Gwiriri (Zimbabwe)…
Tribute
to Chiwoniso Maraire: Oscar Gwiriri (Zimbabwe)…
Child
cry: Simbarashe Chirikure (Zimbabwe)…
COLOUR
ME: Prosper Kavunika (Zimbabwe)…
REBELUTION:
Prosper Kavunika (Zimbabwe)…
NATURE
VIBES: Prosper Kavunika (Zimbabwe)…
TEARS
ON MY PILLOW: Rebecca Kwengwere (Zimbabwe)…
My
dream and You: Seyi Stephen Segun (Nigeria)…
The
man by the lake: Seyi Stephen Segun (Nigeria)…
The fires eating us up from inside: Sinaso Mxakaza (South
Africa)…
What if South Africa wasn’t a death zone?: Sinaso
Mxakaza (South Africa)…
Sitting on tragedy too long: Sinaso Mxakaza (South
Africa)…
When
Shall We Sing A New Song: Solomon Sunday (Nigeria)…
Tin
gods: Solomon Sunday (Nigeria)…
Beyond
Our Bodies: Solomon Sunday (Nigeria)…
I CRY
FOR YOU: Tanaka Bandera (Zimbabwe)…
Hybridity: Tanaka
Chidora (Zimbabwe)…
issues of blood: Tanaka Chidora (Zimbabwe)…
birthday stream of consciousness: Tanaka Chidora (Zimbabwe)…
Look
Who’s Talking: Troydon Wainwright (South Africa)…
The
Words: Troydon Wainwright (South Africa)…
The
Future: Troydon Wainwright (South Africa)…
Maternity
(trilogy): Tukur Ridwan Olorunloba (Nigeria)…
Arson: Vinlaw Mudehwe (Zimbabwe)…
Moonlight: Vinlaw Mudehwe (Zimbabwe)…
VULTURES: Wilson
Tinotenda Waison (Zimbabwe)…
THE FLY: Wilson
Tinotenda Waison (Zimbabwe)…
After the winter, or, a woman screaming: Abigail George (South
Africa)…
I don't want to be a figure mothers lean their children into: Abigail George (South Africa)…
Where they can't hurt me and Sylvia Plath: Abigail George (South Africa)…
Caesar
Beware: Jabulani Mzinyathi (Zimbabwe)…
The
Blinded: Jabulani Mzinyathi (Zimbabwe)…
The
Tattoo: Jabulani
Mzinyathi (Zimbabwe)…
Portuguese
poems
Mãe: Arlindo Mendonça Andrade (Carbo Verdi)...
SAUDADES DE
MINHA CASA: Ozias Cambanje (Moçambique)...
REVOLTAS DO SILÊNCIO: Ozias Cambanje (Moçambique)...
O amor não
é para os fracos: Lorna Telma
António Zita (Moçambique)
Amei-te: Lorna Telma António Zita (Moçambique)
O que é
viver: Lorna Telma António
Zita (Moçambique)
Pétalas rasgadas: Fernando Paciência Luteiro Palaia (Angola)
Negro: Fernando Paciência Luteiro Palaia (Angola)
Inocencia: Fernando Paciência Luteiro Palaia (Angola)
Inocencia: Fernando Paciência Luteiro Palaia (Angola)
INSTANTE NOSSO: Soberano
Kanyanga (Angola)
French
poems
L’Espoir
est partout: Gonai Lou Danielle (Cote d’Ivoire)
Apprendre
à mourir: Herman Kamwa (Cameroun)
Au bout du fil: Herman Kamwa (Cameroun)
Au gré du vent: Herman Kamwa
(Cameroun)
Nouveaux
gouvernements en Afrique: Nsah Mala (Cameroun)
Les
Queues d’Etats Africains: Nsah Mala (Cameroun)
Cartes corporelles et
virtuelles: Nsah
Mala (Cameroun)
Sur les traces de sang : Luc KOFFI (Cote d’Ivoire)
Pour voir l’Afrique : Luc KOFFI (Cote
d’Ivoire)
Le masque de mort : Luc KOFFI (Cote
d’Ivoire)
Contributors Bio Notes
Bashi Pather is the author of
Women of Value, a short story
collection about women for women. Each story is followed by a recipe that is
interwoven in the story. There are ten remarkable stories of pain, love, loss
and endurance of the human spirit, in good times and bad. Bashi started writing
this book when she left her home of South Africa and immigrated to Australia.
She struggled to find her sense of belonging adjusting to Australian life and
noticed that she was not the only woman in need of comfort and kindness, and of
course food. She is employed by the Catholic Education Department, Sydney. She
has taught English to high schools in Australia for the past nine years, and
seven years previously in her home country of South Africa. Bashi holds a
Masters in Indigenous Education (2016) and is currently working on a study in
Autism.
Adatsi Kwasi Brownson hails from Vakpo
in the Volta region of Ghana in West Africa. He is a graduate of Chemistry. He
is a chemist, award winning poet and author, freelance journalist and a youth
leader. He has written several poems of which two of his poems were selected in
the BNAP 2018. He is the country director of Youth Centre for progress, a
global peace ambassador and an African youth leader. Adatsi Brownson is the
founder and project manager for Rescue Ghana Project, the founder and CEO of
Global Impact Initiative. Adatsi Brownson has a poetry collection entitled
"Cowries and Pebbles" He believes that words are better mediums to
tell stories, emotions and it's a voice for the voiceless. Adatsi Brownson yearns
to impact the world with his unique gift of poetry.
Adeniran Joseph is a student— poet|author|writer and a critic to humanity. His two
poems "Home in bottles of fear" and "Door" was shortlisted
for Top 100 of Nigerian Students Poetry Prize in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
His Poem "songs of dark rooms" was also shortlisted for Christopher
Okigbo Poetry Prize. His works have appeared/forthcoming at AceWorld Magazine,
Kahalari Review, Parousia, Barren Magazine, 8 poems, and elsewhere. He believes
in the power of words — healing. He
hails from Oyo, Ibadan. Nigeria.
Adeyemi Amos ADEGBOYEGA holds a B.A
English and M.A Literature degrees from IBB University Niger State as well as a
Post Graduate Diploma in Education from NTI Kaduna. He has participated in a
number of academic conferences trainings and seminars. His research interest
covers African Literature and Postcolonial Studies.
Adjei Agyei-Baah is a lecturer, translator, editor and currently
a PhD student at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He is the
co-founder of Africa Haiku Network, Poetry Foundation and The Mamba Journal
(Africa’s first and only international haiku journal). Adjei is a
worldwide-anthologized poet and winner of several international awards. His
maiden haiku collection Afriku published by Red Moon Press,
2016, was read last year at The 1st Asian Literature Festival held in
Gwangju, 2017 by Professor Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Prize
Literature laureate. His other books are Trio of
Window (co-authored, 2018), Ghana-21
Haiku (2018) and Piece of My Fart (2018).
Ajeh Goodluck by name (also known as
Styles.) I'm from Delta state but resides in Lagos state, Nigeria. I graduated
from State Senior High School, Oyewole, Agege. I'm aspiring to be a theatre
artist. I'm a gamer and a poet. I started writing poems in November, 2018. I
was inspired to write by a group of friends. So far I've been awarded several
awards from different contests; the likes of diamante contests, metaphorical
games, picture contests and so on.
Amani
Nsemwa is a farmer, a lazy one. Nevertheless, he
likes making love as much as he does like coffee, the lords haven’t yet blessed
him with a kid nor a wife. It all started nine years back with letters to
beautiful chicks at numerous schools, then to poetry, when there was no one to
write to. He’s tricked by good romance, and to a great deal when there’s
PlayStation. When he isn’t reading or holding a smartphone, he’s probably
singing, watching Coming to America, or dreaming of Imogen Poots. You can
connect with him on Instagram @a.nsemwa.
Annette Mbapa Ikongo: I am a
singer, song writer and poet. I started writing poetry when I could not get a
rhythm from my music and have not stopped ever since. Most of my poetry refer
to people and this is because when I read a poem, that’s what I do. First, I
place myself in the piece and It is much easier when who I am mirroring is a
person. Apart from the arts, I also have knowledge in Law, Conflict and
Security studies and International Development.
Archie Swanson was first published in 1973
in English Alive. His poems have
appeared in Stanzas, New Contrast, the 2019 Naturally Africa!
Anthology and the Best New African Poetry Anthologies (2015 - 2018). In 2016, poems
translated by López-Vega were printed in Spanish newspaper, El Mundo.
Poems were also listed for the Sol Plaatje Award and the Bridport Prize in
2017. His collections, the stretching of my sky and the shores of
years, were published in 2018 and
2019. The poem déjà vu was the inspiration for Grant McLachlan’s
composition for violin, clarinet and piano - from the direction it should
depart first performed in the
Baxter Theatre in Cape Town in May 2019. He serves on the Board of the SA
Literary Journal.
Athene
Nyarai 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 enjoys programming,
reading and writing poetry and screenwriting 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.
Ogunleye
Gbemisola is a fourteen-year old budding writer and
poet. She is a student of the Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Okura, Kogi
State, Nigeria and lives in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria, with her parents. She
loves reading, asking questions and learning new things.
Ojonugwa John Attah is the Prose Editor at Afrikrayons. He writes poetry, short
story, football reviews, and teaches English and Literature. He was second
runner-up at the 2019 maiden edition of the Teachers’ Reality TV Show in
Nigeria. He is a graduate of the 2011 Fidelity Bank International Creative
Writing Workshop. His works have been published in and on: Dreams at Dawn (An Anthology of short stories from the International
Creative Writing Workshop series organized by Fidelity Bank Plc), Best New African Poets, Tush Stories, The
Muse, Drumtide online Magazine (USA),
FaithWriters, Saturday Sun newspaper (Nigeria), Kikwetu online journal and
other magazines and webzines. His poem ‘Our Oiled, Rusty Shores’ was longlisted
in July, 2014 for the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award (Uganda).
Brenda
Anyango Midamba: I am a 28 year old writer
from Nairobi Kenya. My love for writing saw me bag the writer of the month in
the Storymoja festival competition in June 2017 and my blog 'couch health and
fitness' was the best health blog in the Bloggers association of Kenya awards.
My purpose for writing was put into perspective after I was attacked by a man
on the streets and nobody came to my rescue. Social justice and giving a voice
to the voiceless became my top priorities and I've since ensured that with
every piece I write, my intentions are crystal clear.
Busamoya
Phodiso Modirwa is a Motswana writer and
poet. She is a recipient of the Botswana President's Award for Contemporary
Poetry 2016. Her short story, 'The Healing Balm' was short listed for the
Botswana Tourism Fiction Award 2019 and her poems, 'Family Time', 'Surviving
Suicide' and 'Coat Of Many Colours' are published on the Writers Space Africa
magazine on the December 2018, January and May 2019 issues respectively. She
also has a personal essay recently published on The Kalahari Review
Carl Capitaine: I write from a point of
departure of memory and more so, how remembering can liberate and conversely
re-traumatise. My writing deliberately tries to interrogate my lived
experiences along with the objective world around me and how those relations
inform how I breathe through time and space as a black, queer, femme body while
attempting to heal
Carlin
Brown, I am twenty-two years old and I was born and
raised in South Africa. From the small town of East London, I am the youngest
of three children and the only girl. I am in my first year of my Bachelor of
Arts, Creative Writing degree and have been writing poetry from a very young
age. Writing allows me to express myself in ways nothing else can and that is
why I have always loved it.
Chenjerai
Mhondera is a rabbi, the dissident reporter and Lord
of Controversies. He is the author of HURRICANE Tortures of Now (Zimbabwe),
Hurricane To The World (Nigeria), Manifesto#Anthology of Peace (Nigeria), A
Case of Love and Hate (Zimbabwe), Masasi aChinoz (Zimbabwe), ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
CONSCIENCE (Nigeria). His works appear in publications; online journals and
blogs, magazines and anthologies. Among the lot - including Best New African Poets (BNAP) 2015 Anthology, BNAP 2016 Anthology, BNAP
2017 Anthology, BNAP 2018 Anthology, Zimbolicious Poetry Vol. 1 (USA, 2016),
Zimbolicious Poetry Vol. 2 (Cameroon, 2017), Better Than Starbucks Vol. 3 Issue
3 (USA, 2018), Tribute to Penny (Zimbabwe, 2018) Mupakwa weRwendo (Zimbabwe,
2018), Author's Birthday (Bhavhadhe ReMunyori, Zimbabwe, 2018),
Art-Plus-Hope-Poetry Anthology (SA, 2018), Scarlet Anatomy (Nigeria, 2019),
Nationalism Anthology, Africa vs North America Vol. 2 (2019)…
Chinedu
Vincent Okoro is a Nigerian writer, teacher and political
cum human rights activist. He obtained N.C.E in Political science and Social
studies and B.Ed in Educational management and Political science from Institute
of Ecumenical Education, Thinkers Corner, Enugu and Enugu State University of
Science and Technology (ESUT) respectively. He is currently, the P.R.O of
Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Abia State Chapter. He has numerous
literary works published nationally and internationally to his credit.
Christopher
‘Voice’ Kudyahakudadirwe is a Zimbabwean freelance
writer, poet and educationist living and working in South Africa. His
poems have been published in an anthology entitled Harvest: The University of the Western Cape Masters in Creative Writing
Poetry Anthology 2016 and many
more magazines both online and in book form. In 2018 his first book, The Big Noise and Other Noises, a
collection of 15 short stories was published. He
currently runs a poetry blog at: https://kudyahakudadirwe.wordpress.com. He believes
that the only way to continue speaking to people even after one has departed to
meet the ancestors is by writing. Period.
Troy Da Costa: I was born in Arcadia,
Harare, Zimbabwe and now London based. My work is image heavy and very much
abstract, looking to describe the complexity of human emotion. We are after all
not just one thing but a collection of exploding synapses, a chaotic form, in a
chaotic space, trying to bring order and meaning, and substance to the idea of
our lives. “Failure is not the end but rather a signal to change direction” is
a major theme running the spine of most of my work encouraging readers to
assess their programming and core beliefs.
Daisy
May was born in Paarl and grew up in Somerset
West, South Africa. Her love for writing was formed at a very young age.
However, it was only until recently that she 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.
With a boatload of unique life experiences, you’ll find her writing relatable
and honest. She was published in 2017 and
2018 Best New African Poets Anthology. She looks forward to sharing her
life experiences and love of writing with the world.
Dennis
Brad Kunguru teaches at Kitengela International School in
Kenya. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Makerere University.
He has published poems in anthologies like Best
“New” African Poets (2016) and
(2017), Betrayal: A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Betrayal and Being
Betrayed (2017), Eros: A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Desire and Erotic
(2018). He is currently the Patron, Creative Arts Department at Kitengela
International School.
Dlephu Mthokozisi Simlindile was born on 18 September 1998 at Tembisa, in the province of Gauteng,
South Africa. He was sent to live with his grandparents by his parents
anonymously in 2002. He grew up in the rural eras, at Sithiweni village, in the
town of Matatiele Eastern Cape. Growing up at Sithiweni village has been a
worst experience, especially during the days when he could not continue
learning because he was not registered on the school system due to birth certificates
which he did not have. He is currently at Rhodes University studying towards
the bachelor of education (FP)
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.
Elijah
Aniah is a mechanical engineering student from
Nigeria. When he isn't glued to classroom and calculations he spends his time
doing poetry which he calls soul therapy. He is currently working on his poetry
anthology titled 'Four is excess'.
Emmanuel
Chitsanzo Mtema is a
Malawian writer who currently lives in Zomba, old capital city of Malawi where he is also a high school Science teacher. His works have appeared in literary magazines such as The Scarlet Anatomy, Scribble magazine, ACE world Magazine and
Nthanda Review.
FAREED
AGYAKWAH: also known as Kente Agyakwa is a
Ghanaian poet/ award-winning essayist committed to socially germane art and
artistic activism. He was conventionally educated at the University of Cape
Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana- the same university whose hospital saw his birth. His
work has been translated into several languages. Several magazines, journals,
and anthologies have published his work. Fav few among these are, Nationalism Anthology Vol. 2 (Africa VS
North America), Cajun Mutt Press, The First Anthology of World Gogyoshi,
Wreaths for a Way Farer, The Harmony: Indo-African Footprints, Versatile
Verses, Peace: A Pathway to Love and Harmony, Cascade and Sunup.
Gabriel
Awuah Mainoo, born in Ghana is the author of ‘Travellers
gather dust and lust’, ‘Chicken wings at the altar' and ‘60 aces of
haiku’. His piece ‘Taunt’ emerged best
satire of the year 2017 on Voices of African Poets. He is a semifinalist of Ito
Eno haiku Grand prix North America 2019. Mainoo is a tennis player in the
morning, a student in the afternoon and writer in the evening. He has been
internationally anthologized in books, magazines and literary journals.
Beaton Galafa is a Malawian writer. His
works have appeared in Stuck in the
Library, Transcending the Flame, 300K Anthology, Home/Casa, Betrayal, The
Seasons, Empowerment, The Elements, BNAP 2017 Anthology, BNAP 2018 Anthology,
Writing Grandmothers, Writing Politics and Knowledge Production, Better Than
Starbucks, Love Like Salt Anthology, Literary Shanghai, Mistake House, Fourth
& Sycamore, The Blue Tiger Review, The Wagon Magazine, Rejected Lit, Every
Writer’s Resource, Eunoia Review, The Bombay Review, Nthanda Review, Kalahari
Review, The Maynard, Birds Piled Loosely, Atlas and Alice, South 85 Journal and
elsewhere.
Gideon
Kiplang'at Kirui is a Kenyan writer and poet
born in 1995. A budding writer of promising talent and fond of the nom de plume
Kiplan Deon. His two poems appear in a collection of poems he is working
on at the moment. He looks forward to seeing them in print soon. Most of his
works are informed by his rich Kalenjin culture. At the time of this
submission, he is awaiting to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics,
Media and Communication at Rongo University
Iloke, Chukwuemeka is a Nigerian and
postgraduate student of Comparative Literature in the department of English and
literary studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria, 410001.
I am Jarryd Terblanche (23), a gay,
South African, coloured male. I live in East London, Eastern Cape however I
have been studying in Cape Town for the past four years. I am in the final year
of my degree in English and Linguistics at the University of the Western Cape. I write for peace, whatever that means, I
write for that feeling of fulfilment I get from passionate, powerful prose.
Jerusha Kananu is a graduate from University of Nairobi with a Bachelor’s of Education
.She is a masters student at Kenyatta University department of Theatre and
Literature researching on Forum theatre as a tool of conscientisation against Gender Based Violence . She is also a
teacher of English and Literature .She used to perform oral poetry at Kenya
National Theatre under programme dubbed “KIPAWA SATO”. She has written several
poems to be published.
Jonas
Zaithwa Chisi: I am a student at Chancellor
College doing my final year of bachelor’s degree in education languages. I am
very passionate about literature and writing is my redeemed doppelganger.
I'm Joseph Hope from Enugu state in Nigeria
an aspiring writer. I have written so many unpublished works(Mostly poetry),
save for the few ones I had shared on my Facebook/Instagram/Twitter pages
respectively. Professionally I'm a chemist, studying" Applied
Chemistry" in the prestigious
institution of Usman danfodio University Sokoto.
Kirsten Deane: I am a young poet with a
passion not only for poetry but for literature in general. The essence of my
work is the art of capturing every day simple moments that are significant even
when we don’t realise they are. I strive on my ability to be vulnerable and
feel things deeply, including the people and the world around me. I have been
writing since the age of 16 and I can say that poetry has truly shown me what
it means to be alive shamelessly. I write not only to feel but for my readers
to feel and I feel not only to feel but to grow and for my readers to grow in
return.
My name is Kudzai Manzira. I am a Zimbabwean
male aged 35 born on 2 October 1984. Though a certified accountant by
profession with a number of professional qualifications in the discipline,
writing has always been my passion since childhood. I started writing when I
was in grade 7. I am both a poet and motivational writer. Christianity mainly
influences my poetry and Biblical poets like David often inspire me. Currently
I am working on a full anthology of Christian poems.
Lebile
Melt Tosin is a graduate of Agriculture from Federal
University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria. He has authored a
poetry title AFRICA YOUR SON IS IN TROUBLE and also one of the writers of the
anthologies titled PEACE IS POSSIBLE and VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS. He is married to lovely wife Victoria.
My name is Lubabalo Tatase. I am a
young aspiring writer from South Africa. I live in Cape Town, the city referred
to as “the Mother City”. I grew up near the coastline of Wavecrest in Centane
in the Eastern Cape. I am a second year BA student at Rhodes University
majoring in the African Languages: IsiXhosa and Organisational Psychology. Now
I am situated in Makhanda formerly known as Grahamstown; it was my love of
languages and writing that brought me here “where leaders learn”.
My name is Macdonald Emeka Oparaocha and I
happen to be an exceptional individual with an obsession with the human mind
and this obsession has caused me to enroll in a professional course that
concerns itself with the psychology of the human mind. My works are a part of
me that I have decided to share with the world hoping that it could help other
young people like me attain a state of true mental freedom.
Mandhla A Mavolwane aka Ashley Swiiss is a poet
and a spoken word artist who writes and perfoms to entertain, educate and
enlighten the masses on the issues affecting our past, present and future. He
is currently studying for an undergraduate honours degree in Psychology at the
Midlands State University. In terms of his artistry, his poems have been
published in Best New African Poets 2016,
2017 and 2018 anthologies; Africa, UK and Ireland: Writing Politics and
Knowledge Production Volume 1, Zimbolicious Volume 3, Koffi Annan Tributes 2019 and other
numerous anthologies. He published his first anthology called Ghetto Symphony which can be found on
African Books Collective and Amazon.
Marial
Awendit is a South Sudanese poet and essayist. His
poems have been published in Brittle
Paper, Kalahari Review, African Writer, Praxis Magazine Online, Best New
African Poets 2016 Anthology and elsewhere lit. He won the 2016 South Sudan Talent Youth Awards 2016 for Best Poet and the 2018
Babishai-Niwe Poetry Award.
Martin
Chrispine Juwa is a Malawian History and
Social Studies teacher in Senior High School. He loves reading and writing
poetry. His works have appeared in ‘Best’
New African Poets Anthology of 2018, Nthanda Review and Scribble Magazine.
My name is Mayende Collins Israel, a student
of Literature and English language currently pursuing my Bachelor’s degree at
Busitema University Faculty of Education And Science. The Pearl of
Africa-Uganda is where am typing from this and am proud to be a Ugandan and an
African.
Michael
C. Ikegwu hails from Ezza North in Ebonyi State,
Nigeria but was raised in Anambra State. He graduated with First Class from the
department of Applied Biology, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Nigeria. His
writing includes poems, fictions, essays and short stories; he plans to venture
into academic writings in the future time. His poem was published in the 2018, Shishir and Water Anthology, India
and on the Brave Voices Poetry Journal
60. He’s a visionary writer who sees
things as they happen in the society and write them the way it happened without
compromising any rights A young and vibrant writer who hopes to reach out to
the world through writing. He is currently serving his nation Nigeria in a
prestigious University, Federal University, Dutse.
Michael
Ace is a Writer and Poet from Ibadan, Nigeria. He
was a shortlist of Condolence Poetry Contest in 2017, he was shortlisted for
Lagos International Poetry Festival (Lipfest). His poem, Do not come home was
selected among the best poems from around the world by Wildsound Review in
2017. He was also among the Best New
African Poets published in 2018. His poems have also appeared or
forthcoming on Praxis Magazine, Lunaris
Review, Kalahari Review, ONE, Agbowo, African Writer, Wildsound Review,
Peregrine Reads, PIN Quarterly Journal and elsewhere. He believes the world
is too complex for a pen to remain idle.
Modest
Dhlakama is a Zimbabwean, 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 work has been published in Poetry Potion 10, The McGregor Anthology
2016 and Best New African Poets 2018.
Mthabisi Sithole (b.1994) is a Johannesburg-based Zimbabwean poet
Nica Cornell is a South African writer.
She has published in The Times; Aerial 2012; Africa, the UK and Ireland:
Writing Politics and Knowledge Production; Botsotso 18; South African Foreign
Policy Review Volume III; Writing Grandmothers: Africa Vs Latin America Volume
2; 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry and Nationalism:
(Mis)Understanding Donald Trump’s Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics,
International Trade & Media Wars, Africa vs North America Volume 2. She
has published online on The Good Cemetery Guide, The Good Men Project, The
Frantz Fanon Blog, Mobius: Journal of Social Change and the Kalahari Review.
Noncedo Khewu is a black academic who
works for the University of Fort Hare in East London, South Africa. She started
writing poetry since she was a teenager, at that time she used poetry as an
outlet to deal with the challenges she was facing at the time. One of them was
growing up without a father. Currently, Noncedo writes about everything: love,
appreciation for self, nature, family, parenting, as well as the beauty of life
in general. Noncedo has a collection of about 60 poems not yet published.
Nosakharee
Collins is a writer, poet, street photographer,
critic & tutor from Nigeria. An author of “a pilgrim of songs” (SEVHAGE Publishers, 2018).
Recent poems are forthcoming in SEVHAGE
Reviews, Antarctica Journal, Least Bittern Books, Poetry Festival, LitPoint
Africa Magazine, WRR (Words, Rhythms and Rhymes), Writers Space Africa, and
has widely been anthologized and publicized by eminent global repute like Best “New” African Poets 2018 Anthology, 84
Delicious Bottle of Wine for Wole Soyinka & lot more. He has been
shortlisted among ten outstanding writers in the Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay
Competition in Anambra Nigeria, and can
be reached through social media handle; Facebook: Nosakhare Collins,
Twitter: @nosa_collins
Ntseka Masoabi is an international student
(originally from Lesotho) at Rhodes University, Grahamstown/Makhanda, South
Africa. He is studying towards a Master of Science degree in Geology. He has, and is, dedicating a large portion of
his spare time in reading books and writing poems, essays and short-stories as
an attempt to sharpen his writing skills and connecting with a wider network of
writers across the globe. Two of his poems, entitled Home and Untitled,
have been published in an anthology called Coming Home, edited by Harry
Owens. Two of his other poems, titled Peas and Lost, have been
included in Best “New” African Poets 2018 Anthology, edited by Tendai T
Mwanaka and Nsah Mala.
Odemakin
Taiwo Hassan is a young man of 18 years. Currently an
Industrial Chemistry student of Obafemi Awolowo University, he's a writer who
is quite passionate about writing. He believes that's his own little way of
contributing his quota to the world. Music, art and people are his greatest
sources of inspiration.
Elegba
G. Oluwadunsin is a young creative writer
and speaker who is passionate about using the pen to create a voice and shaking
in the society positively. She is an undergraduate student in her final year at
the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria. She
discovered her love for poetry and arts from a tender age and seeks to develop
herself in the mastery of the art by learning from others. She writes from Ondo
state, Nigeria and loves to read, listen to music, travel, and write, among
other hobbies.
Omadang
Yowasi is a Ugandan writer and police officer born
in the Eastern district of Tororo in Uganda. His work has appeared in the Writers Space Africa monthly magazine in
Nigeria, Writers Global Movement
magazine based in Osun State Nigeria, The
Ghana Writes Literary Group in Ghana and in the maiden edition of Nalubaale Review based in Uganda.
Oscar
Ashitiva is the name of the 25 years old writer and
teacher from Kenya. He normally writes as the release of thought and feeling
and as an escape from the monotony of everyday living. He can be reached via
e-mail or Facebook this:
Doctor Blandina Manditereza (nee Mbuva)
is a Zimbabwean writer. She is a married
mother of four. She attained a PHD in Philosophy: Curriculum Studies
(University of the Free State), Masters in Education (Central University of Technology), Bachelor
of Education Honours in Education Management, Bachelor of Technology Management
(Tshwane University) and a Diploma in Education.
Natasha
Tinotenda Gwiriri was born on 14 May 2000 at
Bindura, Zimbabwe. She attended Maneta Primary School (Buhera) and then
Mutambara High School (Chimanimani) and Chipadze High School (Bindura).
Meanwhile she is doing a Degree in Marketing at Bindura University of Science
Education. She is interested in writing poetry and is still experimenting with
other literature genres. She is published in Zimbolicious 3 anthology.
Oscar
Gwiriri was born on 15 June 1975 at Honde Valley,
Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe. He is a published writer featured in 4 vernacular
poetry anthologies; Shaurai Nduri Dzazuro Nedzanhasi, Gwatakwata reNhetembo,
Hodzeko Yenduri, Mupakwa werwend. Oscar
features in 4 English anthologies; A
tribute to Penny; Africa, UK, and Ireland: Writing Politics and Knowledge
Production Vol 1; Best “New” African
Poets 2017 Anthology (BNAP), Best “New” African Poets 2018 Anthology (BNAP), and
Zimbolicious 3. He also published two novel; Hatiponi, and Dzidziso
yeDzimbahwe: Mitambo nemabasa evechidiki as well as nine vernacular
Children’s readers. In the academic circles he authored A Practical Approach to Agriculture Form 1 and A Practical Approach to Commerce Form 4. Many of his short stories
were published in magazines too. Oscar Gwiriri is a Certified Forensic
Investigation Professional, who holds a Master of Science in Strategic
Management Degree
Simbarashe
Chirikure was born in 1974 at Musami Hospital, Murehwa
District, Zimbabwe. He attended Zengeza 8 Primary School, and Zengeza 2 High
School, Chitungwiza. He attained qualifications in Supervisory Management at
Management Training Bureau, Masasa, and a Diploma in Business Leadership with
the Zimbabwe Institute of Management.
Some of his poetry is published in
Hodzeko Yenduri and Zimbolicious 3 anthologies.
Prosper
Kavunika is a Zimbabwean provocative writer who was
born in the dormitory town of Chitungwiza in the mid 80's and is currently
residing in South Africa. Some of his work was published in the tuck magazine online edition, 2018 Best African New Poets and was also
selected to be featured in the upcoming Zimbolicious
Anthology 4.
Seyi Stephen Segun: I am a 27year old male
undergraduate at the Federal University of Technology, Akure Nigeria of
Quantity Surveying major. I am a Nigerian and currently reside in Nigeria. My
parents are also from the country mentioned. I am an aspiring author and
presently working on getting my first book published.
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 and anthologies such as Poetry Potion, Ja Mag SA, Agbowo, Nthanda
Review, Writers Space Africa, The Pangolin Review, Africa, UK, and Ireland:
Writing Politics and Knowledge Production Vol 1, Best New African Poets 2018
Anthology and The Coinage Book Two. She was longlisted for the 2018 Sol
Plaatjie European Award and the first runner up in the 2018 Creative Freelance
Writerz competition.
Solomon
Sunday is a Teacher, when he is not working he spends
time writing and exploring nature with his pen. He has several of his works
published on websites and journals. He is known by friends and colleagues for
his favorite quote "we are traveling the love lane down the road we will
meet again". He goes by the stage name "The Pen Healer". He
currently resides in Lagos, Nigeria.
Tanaka
Bandera was born in 1996 in Mutare. She is the third born in a family of four
children. She attended Roosevelt Girls High School and Avenues High School
before proceeding to Midlands State University where she studded Development
Studies. She is a writer, songstress and a philanthropist. Some of her work
were published by Girl Child Creativity
and local newspapers especially The
Standard newspaper. She lives in
Rydale Ridge Park, Harare.
Tanaka
Chidora is a PhD graduate of the English Department
at the University of the Free State (2018). He started writing poetry in 2018
and has since compiled some of them into an anthology titled Because Sadness is Beautiful? Tanaka
teaches Creative Writing, Popular Culture and Theories of Literature at the
University of Zimbabwe’s Department of English. Currently, he is working on his
first novel titled Magamba Hostels
and another one which he considers a side affair titled ZUPCO Diaries.
Troydon
Wainwright is a writer and philosopher based in Cape
Town. He has won a Nova Award and has
been published in Sol Plaatje and the
Best New African Poets compilation
and elsewhere. His first collection, Fires
in Heaven, is available on e-book on Amazon. www.troydonwainwright.com
Tukur
Ridwan Olorunloba is a Nigerian poet whose
styles cut across diverse themes and forms. Also a literary critic and
essayist, Ridwan's love for writing (poetry especially) has earned him a role
in the Nigerian literature. His works have appeared on online literary
platforms including Libretto Magazine,
Ace World, Words, Rhymes & Rhythms and elsewhere. He won the monthly Brigitte Piorson Poetry contest in
March 2018, and shortlisted among winning poets in subsequent months. He has
authored two books: Depression: Drawing
The Curtain (2018) (Self-help), A Boy's Tears On Earth's Tongue (2019)
(Poetry). He has also coauthored a number of books with notable poets
Vinlaw Mudehwe was
born in a family of intellectual fluidity, Vinlaw is an iconoclastic poet,
rapper, rhymer, writer, scientist and an open-minded polymath.
Wilson
Tinotenda Waison is the editor at DEEM
LITERATURE ORG. A poet, as well as a prose writer. To present day he has been
featured in many online magazines and journals, DEEMS being one of his
compilations in 2019. Featured in ECHOES OF TUMULT, GAPU RERAIRO, WRITING
POLITICS AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION VOL 1, GHETTO SYMPHONY and many other poetry
collections.
South African Abigail George's writing
has appeared on many global platforms. She writes about women, spirituality and
nature. She has written eight books. She is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of
the Net nominee. She is contributing editor at African Writer. She blogs at
Goodreads. Her work has appeared all over Africa in e-zines countries such as
Senegal, Malawi, South Africa, Cameroon, Uganda, Turkey, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
She is an essayist, blogger, volunteer, poet, playwright, novelist and short
story writer.
Jabulani
Mzinyathi was born in Gwelo [Gweru] in 1965. He is a
writer in general and a poet in particular. He has had three poetry collections
published. These are ‘Voice Of Conscience
[Galaxy Pulishers, Gweru, Zimbabwe] ‘Under The Steel Yoke’ and ‘ Righteous
Indignation’ both published by Mwanaka
Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd [Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe]. Jabulani who is a self-styled
poet, prophet , philosopher is madly in love with the arts. He calls himself a
Zimbabwean, African and World Citizen. Jabulani is an ex teacher, ex magistrate
and is now a lawyer in private practice.
Arlindo Mendonça Andrade, escritor, cantor e poeta é
natural de Cabo Verde, da ilha de Santiago. Participa pela segunda vez na
Antologia, o mesmo tendo acontecido em 2017. Como representante da Secção Cabo
Verde na Academia Virtual dos Poetadas da Língua Portuguesa, esteve presente no
VI Encontro de Poetas da Língua Portuguesa que teve lugar, em Lisboa, de 26 a
28 de Setembro.
Ozias Cambanje, pseudónimo de Hosiasse Migue
Cambanje, moçambicano, da Província de Tete, Distrito de Cahora-Bassa.
Professor, poeta, declamador de poesias, estudante do 4º ano, Curso de
licenciatura em Estudos Culturais, no Instituto Superior de Artes e Cultura
(ISArC), Maputo-Moçambique. Participou como personagem do filme intitulado
“Tragédia de Caphiridzange” de Autoria de Leonel Augusto, tem textos publicados
na Antologia dos Melhores Novos Poetas de África-2018, na Antologia Eu
jardineiro-poesia-2019 e no Caderno África Portuguesa-2019.
Encarnación Bioko Chochi: Nació en Madrid y es de origen
guineoecuatoriano. Natural de Moka y descendiente del Rey Bioko. Desde muy
temprana edad le gusta la lectura y la literatura. Comenzó a escribir de una
forma constante cuando tuvo contacto en el instituto con los autores españoles
de la generación del 27 y del 98. Más
adelante comenzará a indagar y leer la literatura de autores de Guinea
Ecuatorial. En la actualidad está culminando sus estudios de Derecho en la
Universidad Nacional A distancia (UNED). Posee varias poesías escritas y
pendientes de publicación.
Lorna Telma António Zita, nome literário Lorna Poetisa
nasceu em Xai-Xai aos 12 de Janeiro de 1993. Licenciou-se em Tradução e
Interpretação Português/ Francês pela Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, em 2017 e
2018 participou de antologia poética Best New Africans poetry organizado pelo
Zimbabiano Tendai Mwanaca. Foi finalista do concurso literário Liberté et
tolerance organizada pela embaixada da França e AMOJOF. 2018- Ganhou o segundo
lugar do concurso "a ponte que liga vida" organizado pela embaixada
da Alemanha e CCMA.
Fernando Paciência Luteiro Palaia, 24 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!!
Maria Manuel Godinho Azancot de Menezes nasceu em Lisboa. Vive em Angola e é Médica. Escreveu o livro de poemas
“Lua mágica”, editado pela Chiado Editora e lançado em Setembro de 2017 em
Lisboa. Tem 2 poemas na Antologia BNAP 2017 (Best New Africain Poets) ; 3
poemas na Antologia BNAP 2018; 1 poema na Antologia “Entre o Sono e o Sonho”-
VIII Volume de Antologia de Poetas Contemporâneos Portugueses. 2 poemas na
Antologia Portuguesa de Poesia Contemporânea “Não Posso Adiar o Coração”. 1
poema na Antologia de Poesia Portuguesa Contemporânea “Entre o Sono e o Sonho”-
XI (2019). 1 poema na Obra “Tributo” - Homenagem a Autores Marcantes da
Literatura Universal.
Baldine
Moussa est un poète né aux iles Comores. Il poursuit
actuellement ses études dans le domaine de la littérature (Master 2) à Zhejiang
Normal University en Chine.
Gonai
Lou Danielle est une Ivoirienne née le 14 février 1993 à
Bingerville. Diplômée d’un BTS en assistanat de direction et d’un Master en
gestion des ressources humaines, elle milite en faveur de la promotion de la
littérature à travers l’association Ivoire Club Écriture (ICE - Abidjan) au
sein de laquelle elle est Secrétaire Générale. Passionnée de
récit et de poésie, elle est auteure de Coup de foudre dans l’autobus,
œuvre mi-roman et mi-poésie parue en juin 2019 aux éditions Challenges
Littéraires.
Herman
Kamwa est un jeune écrivain et acteur culturel
Camerounais. Il est professeur de lycée et doctorant en Littérature Hispanique
Comparée, option Études Théâtrales, à l’Université de Yaoundé I. Ses travaux
scientifiques portent sur l’humanisme fantastique, le métissage médiatique, la
poétique théâtrale et le théâtre politique dans les perspectives sémiotique et intermédiale.
Il est l’auteur des recueils de poèmes (Noces)talgiques du (bon)soir : Le
pleur du carême (2017), Hambrientos sonidos :
El grito del silencio (2019) et de plusieurs textes inédits en français et en espagnol. Il est membre titulaire de
l’Atelier de Critique et d’Esthétique Littéraire (A.C.E.L.) de Yaoundé.
Nsah
Mala est poète et écrivain multilingue né dans la
partie anglophone du Cameroun. Il est l’auteur de quatre recueil de poèmes en
anglais - Chaining Freedom (2012), Bites of Insanity (2015), If
You Must Fall Bush (2016), Constimocrazy: Malafricanising Democracy
(2017) - et un recueil de poèmes en français - Les Pleurs du mal (2019).
Il a remporté des prix littéraires au Cameroun et en France et ses écrits
apparaissent dans plusieurs magazines et anthologies dans le monde telles que Tuck
Magazine, Red Poets, Scarlet Leaf Review, Ashes and
Memories - Cendres et mémoires, Wales - Cameroon Anthology,
Best “New” African Poets, Redemption Song - Caine Prize Anthology,
parmi d’autres. Il co-dirige aussi des ouvrages collectifs sur l’Afrique et sur
le Cameroun.
Luc KOFFI est né le 11 Octobre 1984 à
Didiévi, région située dans le centre de la Côte d’Ivoire. Après l’obtention
d’un Baccalauréat littéraire en 2005, il est orienté à l’Université de Cocody
(Abidjan) où il obtient en 2009 d’une
Licence en Philosophie. En 2017, il obtient un Master en Philosophie,
Spécialité : Histoire des Sciences et Bioéthique. Ses travaux de mémoire
portaient sur Le rapport de la maladie à
la santé dans Principes de Médecine Expérimentale de Claude Bernard.
Professeur de Philosophie actuellement au Lycée de Tengrela, il est doctorant
en philosophie à l’Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké avec une
thèse dont le sujet porte sur Les Fondements
et Enjeux de la Médecine Scientifique chez Claude Bernard. Il est co-auteur de l’Anthologie des meilleurs poètes africains
2018. Son premier roman intitulé L’Univers des mouches paraît en 2019. Son article intitulé Visit the Populist Nationalism of Donald
Trump in the Era of Globalisation , paraît également en 2019 dans la Revue Africa VS North America, Vol 2 :
Nationalism: (Mis) Understanding Donald Trump’s Capitalism, Racism, Global
Politics, International Trade and Media Wars. Sur les traces du soleil est son deuxième livre, une pièce de
théatre qui est actuellement en cours d’édition.
