Durban is set to take centre stage on the global creative map when it hosts the 5th World Slam Poetry Competition & ...

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 ...

The poetry of Ezra Pound has vastly influenced the poetry of Christopher Okigbo, as many critics have noted but have not demonstrated. Although Okigbo is an African poet whose work shows such African ...

For 10 years, Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes and his friend the Nigerian writer Chris Abani have sifted through piles of manuscripts looking for Africa's new poetic talent. Since 2014, the African Poetry ...

The struggle of a small Maryland church to protect a historic burial ground recently became the source of inspiration for South African poet Siki Dlanga. Members of the Macedonia Baptist Church in ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) celebrates National Jazz Appreciation Month and Poetry Month in April with special digital offerings highlighting ...

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 ...

April is National Poetry Month and as a poet and research psychologist, it’s my favorite time of year to discover and promote the joys and transformative powers of this art form. After all, poetry 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 ...

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