Best New African Poets 2021 Anthology

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In Best New African Poets 2021 Anthology there are 18 French speaking African poets from DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Chad, Senegal, Comoros and more... 14 Portuguese speaking poets from Angola, Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique and 63 English speaking African poets from among other countries, South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone.

A full gamut of issues is dissected, from love, marriage, relationships, spirituality, politics, culture, tradition, environmentalism, and the interstellar etc. Included are two collaborations: the first deals with marriage, juxtaposing Monogamy vs Polygamy with the 21th century lived experience; the second imagines humanity living as intergalactic beings. The poets were asked to be imaginative (to be fictional poets), to try to create and imagine human agency in this interstellar civilization approaching.

There is also featured 5 group interviews with 5 previous contributors to this series. These interviews were interactive and collaborative, with largely the BNAP groups interviewing a poet, critically engaging with their work and discussing the literary and social aspects the poetry addressed. And lastly 4 reviews of African poetry.

Sujets

• Best New African Poets Anthology
• Anthologies
• African
• African people
• List of African writers by country
• Poetry
• New African Poets

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• Publié par: Mwanaka Media and Publishing
• Date de parution: 18 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 70
• EAN13: 9781779272706
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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collaborations: the Irst deals with marriage, juxtaposing Monogamy vs Polygamy with the 21th century lived experience; the second imagines humanity living as intergalactic beings. We asked the poets to be imaginative (to be Ictional poets), to try to create and

BALDDINE MOUSSA

que dans une anthologie intitulé « Les Cadavres de l’unité » 2019.

Best “New” African Poets 2021 ANTHOLOGY: Anthologie Des Meilleurs “Nouveaux” Poètes Africains 2021 Antologia Dos Melhores “Novos” Poetas Africanos 2021

Edited & Compiled by: Tendai R Mwanaka, Balddine Moussa and Lorna Telma Zita

BEST “NEW” AFRICAN POETS 2021 ANTHOLOGY/ ANTHOLOGIE DES MEILLEURS “NOUVEAUX” POÈTES AFRICAINS 2021/ ANTOLOGIA DOS MELHORES “NOVOS” AFRICANOS 2021 Edited and Compiled by: Tendai Rinos Mwanaka  Lorna Telma Zita Balddine Moussa

Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, Chitungwiza Zimbabwe * Creativity, Wisdom and Beauty

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Publisher:Mmap Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd 24 Svosve Road, Zengeza 1 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe [e-mail] [e-mail] https://www.mmapublishing.org www.africanbookscollective.com/publishers/mwanaka-media-and-publishing https://facebook.com/MwanakaMediaAndPublishing/ Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective [e-mail] www.africanbookscollective.com ISBN: 978-1-77925-583-9 EAN: 9781779255839 ©Tendai Rinos Mwanaka 2021 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or be stored in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher DISCLAIMER All views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views ofMmap.

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Table of Contents About editors…………………………………………………………xi Contributors’ Bio Notes………………………………………xii Introduction Note…………………………………………xxxiv English poetry REVOLT IN THE FOREST:Iloke, Chukwuemeka (Nigeria)…….1 Your Music:Uche Uwadinachi...................................................................2 Omalishanwa:Uche Uwadinachi HER PAINS ON A PORTRAIT:Abu Bakarr Kamara (Sierra Leone)……………………………………………………………….4 THE PORTRAIT OF PIETERSON:Abu Bakarr Kamara Fate:Olaiya Alfred (Nigeria)…………………………………………7 The Question:Olaiya Alfred(Nigeria) YET TO SEE THE DIVINE: Amani Nsemwa Tanzania)………..10 A Ghost’s Reflection Post-Depression:Andile Ecalpar Nayika (South Africa)………………………………………………………11 Corners of Constriction:Andile Ecalpar Nayika A Dream of the Southern Shores:Andile Ecalpar Nayika We are Flowers:Jonas Zaithwa Chisi (Malawi)……………………...19 My Africa:Gonapragasen Kathan Naicker AKA Danny (South Africa)……………………………………………………………..20 A long letter to my trustees:Oscar Gwiriri (Zimbabwe)…………..23 Haiku:Priscilla Arthur (Ghana)……………………………………25 Relics (Senbun):Priscilla Arthur It Shall Blossom Again:Nkaimbi Wan N’tieh Cameroon)…………27 How Many More shall they kill?:Nkaimbi Wan N’tieh Binging Wind:Mohau Mohlope (South Africa)…………………….29 COLOURING SEQUENCE:Mohau Mohlope Lifeforce:Mohau Mohlope BOWLER:Xolile Mabuza (South Africa)………………………….32 AROUND THE SUN:Xolile Mabuza DEATH:Xolile Mabuza

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LOVERITHM:Gideon Sagbo (Nigeria)...................................................36 inner sanctum:(South Africa)…………………….38Archie Swanson Victim:Susan Gamuchirai Muchirahondo (Zimbabwe)……………….39 DEAR IVORA:Obidinma Jennifer Chinenye (Nigeria)……………….40 THE PHOENIX:Ojonugwa John Attah (Nigeria)…………………41 SIGHTS AND SIGHTS:Ojonugwa John Attah THE BROKEN POT:Emmanuel Tumwesige (Uganda)……………44 TO MY SON…:(Uganda)……………………….46Ntensibe Joseph Remember Me in December:Litsitso Cooper (Lesotho)…………..47 RISING:Emman Usman Shehu (Nigeria)…………………………..48 LEKKI LIE:Emman Usman Shehu NO WHISPER:Emman Usman Shehu before the month is over:Goodenough Mashego (South Africa)…….52 As we march on:Goodenough Mashego before the month is over(take two):Goodenough Mashego The Artist:Daisy May (South Africa)……………………………….57 Lighthouse or the storm:Daisy May Still Alive:Chenjerai Mhondera……………………………………..59 #&+/-:Chenjerai Mhondera The Lost Kingdoms:Fayssal Chafaki (Morocco)……………………62 African Unity:Fayssal Chafaki THE PEOPLE CALLED AFRICANS:EGWUMA DEBORAH OJOCHENEMI (Nigeria)………………………………………….66 The wake of a new dawn:Flavia Waighala (Kemnya)……………..68 MOTHER NATURES BOWL IS EMPTY:Glamour Adah (Nigeria)…………………………………………………………...69 WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DRY:Glamour Adah THE TALKING DRUM THAT HAS NO BEAT:Glamour Adah Me To Wo Nkabom Ho Nwom:Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana)……..74 I Sing of Your Unity:Adjei Agyei-Baah (translation) Pentsiwa:Adjei Agyei-Baah Pentsiwa:Adjei Agyei-Baah (translation) POEM 2:Musa Mukelwa Simelane (Swaziland)……………………..78

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POISONED FRUIT:Jabulani Mzinyathi (Zimbabwe)……………79 MELODY:Jabulani Mzinyathi THE QUEEN:Jabulani Mzinyathi Hindsight:Kirsten Miller (South Africa)…………………………..82 Mornings:Kirsten Miller River crossing:Kirsten Miller Konke endikwaziyo…:Lubabalo Tatase (South Africa)……………85 These are the things:Lubabalo Tatase Make Me:Emmanuel Mwenye (Malawi)…………………………….89 The Gemini of lovers:Musa B Jibril (Nigeria)……………………90 My last wish:Musa B Jibril Rough life:Musa B Jibril LACERATED GLOMERULUS:Wilson Waison (Zimbabwe)…….93 ON THE WAY . . .:ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ (South Africa)……………………………………………………………..94 Ja hey:ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ STATE OF THE DOMINANT SPECIES:ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ Sunset at Lekki:(Nigeria)…………………………99Jide Ajidahun The Ashes of Beauty:Jide Ajidahun KING YOU:Onuchi Mark Onoruoiza (Nigeria)……………………104 RESTORATION:Onuchi Mark Onoruoiza BANKABLE SUPERWOMEN:Onuchi Mark Onoruoiza Omoerio Bwebikoroto e’Bitigire:Bonface Nyamweya (Kenya)…..108 The Fate of the Abandoned Shoes:Translation by Bonface Nyamweya Ona Ule Duwu:Mohammed U. Yusuf (Nigeria)………………….110 Exit Door:Translation by Mohammed U. Yusuf Ononojo:Mohammed U. Yusuf Stranger:Translation by Mohammed U. Yusuf Pledged:Adiela Akoo (South Africa)…………………………….114 COUPLING:Adiela Akoo There was a time:Dennis Brad Kunguru (Kenya)………………..116 I AM:DANIELS NANNA (Nigeria)…………………………..118

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Early year rains:Obinna Chilekezi (Nigeria)……………………..120 Dimly and unwillingly, I had to leave:Obinna Chilekezi Night rain:Obinna Chilekezi Men for Worms:Clement Chukwuka Idegwu (Nigeria)……………..123 Cross –Examine:Clement Chukwuka Idegwu Life is a Tempest:Clement Chukwuka Idegwu LONELY EMBERS:Wisdom C. Nwoga (Nigeria)………………..126 AMBUSH:Wisdom C. Nwoga (Nigeria)… NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA:T. O. Adesanmi Nigeria)…………128 3 A.M.:RANDHEER PRITHIRAJ (South Africa)……………….130 A Prayer for Peace:Deena Padayachee (South Africa)……………..131 QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY:Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana (South Africa)……………………………………………………………133 RITES OF PASSAGE:Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana HINTSA’S PORTRAIT:Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana Class:Zongezile Matshoba (South Africa)…………………………..138 Angry:Zongezile Matshoba Elections:Zongezile Matshoba MELANIN GODDESS:Ogunleye Gbemisola (Nigeria)…………...143 Black Boy:Ogunleye Gbemisola We are Gods:Joseph Daniel Sukali (Malawi)………………………145 Spectators:Yugo Gabriel Egboluche (Nigeria)………………………146 Now gods:Yugo Gabriel Egboluche Soliloquies of an African Poet:Yugo Gabriel Egboluche THE BELIEF:(Sierra Leone)……………149Mohamed Fuad Kamara The Night Worker:Gabla Godwin (Ghana)………………………151 The Sound of Things Bold to Speak:Hopewell Amana (Nigeria).........................................................................................152 Meditation:Hopewell Amana Heaven’s Colonies:Hopewell Amana Bans (fourth reading):Austin Kaluba (Zambia)………………….158 Not yet Uhuru:Austin Kaluba I am Afrika:Austin Kaluba

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FATE:Precious Ifeoma Benjamin (Nigeria)...........................................161 This is not Poetry:Valentine Okolo (Nigeria)................................162 You Remind Me:Valentine Okolo Storm:Valentine Okolo HOPE FOR BETTER FUTURE:Yemi Orasakin (Nigeria)........165 THE UNCONDITIONAL ORDER:Yemi Orasakin THE OBNOXIOUS POLICIES:Yemi Orasakin French Poetry La Sphinge :Sadlay Fiat-lux Hounyeme(République du Bénin)……..171 Vivre selon Lui :Sadlay Fiat-lux Hounyeme L’enfance :Sadlay Fiat-lux Hounyeme Amour ingénieux :Arnold Mondo Kobi (DRC)…………………..177 Pourquoi amour ?:Arnold Mondo Kobi Je suis tombé amoureux :Arnold Mondo Kobi Opportuniste reine :Akpao Gninwo Armel(République du Bénin)…………………………………………………………….181 Oh, non !:Sanogo Ousmane(Côte d'Ivoire)…………………………182 Le miroir :Sanogo Ousmane Ce soir :Sanogo Ousmane Lettre à ma dulcinée Charlotte :Diafouka Mabiala Presneil Aimerith (Congo-Brazzaville)………………………………………………..185 Lettre à ma dulcinée Charlotte :Diafouka Mabiala Presneil Aimerith Dolisie… :Diafouka Mabiala Presneil Aimerith Chant du tangage :ITOUA L’Okalé(Congo-Brazzaville)………188 Les larmes de Mars :ITOUA L’Okalé La vaine attente :ITOUA L’Okalé TSIKA MTITI :Naida MOUSSA (Comoros)…………………...196 J'étais petite :Traduction à Naida MOUSSA Fraîcheur des vents calmes :Alvie MOUZITA (DRC)………200 MwasiKitoko :Alvie MOUZITA Incantation du feu :Alvie MOUZITA SOURDE OUÏE :DJIKOLOUM BIENVENU(Cameroun).......206

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CONSEILS DE NGANA :DJIKOLOUM BIENVENU Mon africain :TSOKINI Emmanuelle(Congo-Brazzaville)………...208 L'unité :TSOKINI Emmanuelle L’amour sans LUI :ELEMVA Sarai(Cameroun).........................210 Vingt ans ET plus :ELEMVA Sarai L’ainé :ELEMVA Sarai Hommage à la nature :CHANDRELLE. N. MOUNTOULA (DRC)……………………………………………………………213 L'HUMUS DE L'ÉTRANGER :DJELASSEM Ghislain (Tchad)…………………………………………………………...214 JE DÉTESTE LE BLANC :DJELASSEM Ghislain JE TE PARLE :DJELASSEM Ghislain Mis par-cours :Précieux GOMA(Congo-Brazzaville)……………...218 Résurrection :Précieux GOMA Grandeur humaine :Précieux GOMA LES RELENTS DE LA DEMOCRATIE AFRICAINE : DJEGUEDEM TRÉSOR (Tchad)………………………………..223 DANS LES DECOMBRES DE LA DEMOCRATIE : DJEGUEDEM TRÉSOR Le siècle de gloire :EL BASSE (Sénégal)……………………….225 Elle… :Abdou Rafiou BEREKOU (Togo)…………………………226 Souffle :Abdou Rafiou BEREKOU Une part d’elles… :Abdou Rafiou BEREKOU Tsi zimbi :Balddine Moussa (Comores)............................................229 Je suis en colère :Traduction a Balddine Moussa Portuguese poems Superiores:Lizete António Sitoe, (Moçambique)..................................230 Dormes e eles matam-te:Lizete António Sitoe, (Moçambique) Queria ser você:Lizete António Sitoe, (Moçambique) Monte perto do ceu:Maria Manuel Menezes, (Portugal)..................234 Uma estrada para a Paz:Maria Manuel Menezes, (Portugal) A cor do mundo:Maria Manuel Menezes, (Portugal)

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Os Outros Viventes Que Vi: Benedito Carlos Ngome, (Moçambique).........................................................................................237 Mares de Mim:Benedito Carlos Ngome, (Moçambique) O amor é uma criança:Benedito Carlos Ngome, (Moçambique) O miúdo da rua:Larson Da Piedade Bento Fernando, (Angola)............243 Há sempre um caminho:Larson Da Piedade Bento Fernando, (Angola) Eu sou o amor:Larson Da Piedade Bento Fernando, (Angola) Amarra capulana mulher:Osório Herno Feliciano Vilanculos, (Moçambique)...................................................................................246 Doença do século:Osório Herno Feliciano Vilanculos,(Mocambique) No meu tempo:Dalton Alfândega, (Moçambique)...........................248 I'm soldier:Dalton Alfândega, (Moçambique) O desamor:Dalton Alfândega, (Moçambique) Mulher do defensor da paz :Niurka da Orla, (Moçambique)............252 Vinte anos:Gerónimo Daniel Mabote (Moçambique)..........................254 Guerra:Leide Tila, (Moçambique)...................................................255 Verdades Ocultas:Leide Tila, (Moçambique) A pobreza chegou e fez-me sua preza:Leide Tila, (Moçambique) Amor resiliente:Lorna Zita, (Moçambique)....................................260 Mulher:Lorna Zita, (Moçambique) Há que respeitar:Lorna Zita, (Moçambique) O verdadeiro amor da tua vida:João Chico António Santos (Moçambique)..................................................................................263 O Livro:João Chico António Santos (Moçambique) Facebook:João Chico António Santos (Moçambique) Mau dia pra ser um bom poeta:Hilton Dany, (Angola)..............266 Palavras ao vento:Hilton Dany, (Angola) Rio:Hilton Dany, (Angola) Génesis:Fernando Paciencia Luteiro Palaia, (Angola)........................269 Cristalina:Fernando Paciencia Luteiro Palaia, (Angola) Lágrima na garganta:Fernando Paciencia Luteiro Palaia (Angola) O CÃO E O PORTÃO:Luciano Canhanga (Angola)……………..272

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