The Cola in Sub-Saharian Literature – Vincent Ouattara
I. Symbolism of cola in literature. The cola plays several functions in the life of the ethno peoples of Sub-Saharan ...
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From Africa: The Brittle Paper Awards 2018 Winners: Sibongile Fisher; Itiola Jones, Stacy Hardy, Panashe Chigumadzi, Shailja Patel
The 34 finalists of the 2018 Brittle Paper Awards. The Brittle Paper Awards is our way of recognizing the finest, original pieces ...
Introducing the AfroWomen Poetry Project- First stop Ghana! – Antonella Sinopoli
The Dreaming Machine is honored to collaborate with AfroWomen Poetry's efforts to share in learning about the rich, vibrant poetry ...
POETRY FROM SOUTH AFRICA – Part I: Jim Pascual Agustin, Mario D’Offizi, Kyle Allen, Winslow Schalkwyk, Silke Heiss
This post comprises some of the work submitted by South African poets in response to a call for contributors to ...
SHAILJA PATEL ON HOW THE EMPIRE TRAVELS BACK – Bani Amor interviews Shailja Patel
First published in the "On she Goes" journal with the title "Shailja Patel on How the Empire Travels Back- Exploring migrant ...
OF THE THINGS THAT HURT: Poetry from Kenya – Seise Bagbo and Kevin Mwachiro
Seise Bagbo TWO POEMS "Have you ever punched a man before?"he asked curiously. Expectation thick in his voice. I ...
VOICE OF FREEDOM: TRAFFICKED WOMEN SPEAK – Leila Segal
I lead Voice of Freedom, a photography project where trafficked women take the cameras into their own hands—cameras more ...
ADUA, excerpts – Igiaba Scego
From the novel Adua by Igiaba Scego, English translation by Jamie Richard, New Vessel Press, 2017, excerpted courtesy of New ...
ON THE WINGS OF LOVE – Poems By Young Poets From Uganda
These young poets were awarded the first three prizes of "On The Wings of Love", a poetry competition in Ugandan ...
BUTTERFLIES OF THE NIGHT – 4 poems by Bartolomeo Bellanova
by Bartolomeo Bellanova, translated from Italian by Pina Piccolo, from his collection "Gocce insorgenti", Terra d'lUlivi, 2017 Butterflies of ...
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HAIR IN THE WIND – Calling on poets to join international project in solidarity with the women of Iran
HAIR IN THE WIND we invite all poets from all countries to be part of the artistic-poetic performance HAIR IN...
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