Previous studies of African poetry have tended to concentrate either on its political content or on its relationship to various European schools. This book exam

Includes articles, annotated filmography, interviews, creative writing, and book reviews.

Examines the state of African poetry today, the continuing influence of Africa's pioneer poets, today's new generation of poets, and their work in written poetr

In retracing some of the routes followed by West African literature in English over the course of the last three decades, this book employs an original multidim