There's no one thing that makes a poem African-American, says poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, "other than what makes a baby black is his mother or father." But the chance to celebrate a rich ...

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In two months, America will be celebrating National Poetry Month for the 20th time. Whereas the African-American literary presence within the larger national literary scene is concerned, much has ...

The African Poetry Book Series, made public earlier this week, will feature the work of African poets each year, publishing four titles beginning in 2014. The series was established in connection with ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. [The Best Books of 2020: View our full list.] In her stirring essay “The Difficult Miracle of Black ...

While on a trip to Cape Town some years ago, the multi-award-winning, Ghanaian-born poet Kwame Dawes and his colleague and friend Chris Abani, a Nigerian-American author, dreamed up a scheme that ...

Kevin Young’s star has been burning bright for some time now. His work as a poet and essayist has centered on darkness, Blackness and even “Bunkness.” He is New Yorker magazine’s poetry editor and ...

With work from over 350 poets across 24 countries, the project hopes to elevate the African voice in arts and culture. The first-ever African poetry archive is rewriting history and doing something ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) South African poetry, rich with history , has long been an underappreciated cornerstone of the country's cultural landscape. But a new free-to-access digital archive is ...

In his 1964 essay on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Ralph Ellison asked: “What’s inside you, brother; what’s your heart like? What are your real values? What human qualities are hidden ...

Black Poetry Day is a chance to celebrate the works of African-American writers throughout history up to today. This includes one of the first black poets in the United States, Lucy Terry Prince, who ...