Category: Poetry

Background: Dennis Vincent Brutus (1924–2009) was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in 1924 to South African parents, Brutus was of...

Background: Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1929-2006) was born on 1st May 1929 in Uganda. Henry Barlow attended King’s College Budo...

Background: Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (1940—) was born in Vryheid Natal, South Africa on January 17 1940. After his early education,...

Background: John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo (1935-2020), popularly known as J. P. Clark, was born in Kiagbodo, Delta State, Nigeria, to Ijaw...

Background James David Rubadiri (1930- ) was born in Liuli, Nyasaland (now Malawi), on July 19, 1930. Rubadiri attended King’s...

‘The Daydream of Ants’ 1 Hunter friend of mine hide-string this scooped ironwood through which the wind blows its woes;...

‘The Crow’s Gift’ Crows now fly overhead where there’s bushfire— they delivered the burnt-offerings to the gods who flushed the...

‘I am Going to be Rich’ I know I am going to be rich someday. The wretch of a road...

‘Salute to the Elephant’ O elephant, possessor of a saving-basket full of money O elephant, huge as a hill, even...

‘Where Everybody is King’ Come to Agbarha where everybody is king and nobody bows to the other. Who cares to...