UVA professor Oludamini Ogunnaike discussed his work and inspiration after reading at the Library of Congress.

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Keorapetse Kgositsile, a South African poet whose writing and activism helped bridge his country’s freedom struggle with the Black Arts movement in the United States, died on Jan. 3 in Johannesburg.

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In 1761, a young girl crossed the Atlantic on a slave ship. Captured in West Africa and transported to Boston, where she was enslaved by John and Susanna Wheatley. They named her Phillis, after the ...

PLATTSBURGH — Eritrea and Ethiopia gilds the sonics of acclaimed poet Mahtem Shiferraw, who will read from her works in commemoration of Black Poetry Day at 7 p.m., today, at SUNY Plattsburgh in ...

What does the future hold for poetry in East Africa? Has time for juicy pieces like Okot P’Bitek’s Song of Lawino gone? Can the glory be reclaimed? Albeit these could be questions many poetry lovers ...

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BEAUTIFUL IN THE DISTANCE. WELL, IN LINCOLN TODAY, GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN APPOINTS OMAHA AUTHOR AND PERFORMER JEWELL ROGERS AS NEBRASKA’S NEW STATE POET. AT 27, ROGERS IS THE YOUNGEST TO HOLD THE ...

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 helping change that. Focused on ...