Recently I looked at the website of a small publishing house. A quick look at the criteria for new manuscript showed me the very same thing as Ikeogu Oke shows in this article. The publishing did not want to receive collections of poetry as a debut in the literary world. Probably the chance is that … Continue reading Why I consider poetry an endangered art form
Always another country
She now lives in Perth, Australia. She has travelled from one abode to another, from one country to another, from Zambia to Kenya and on and on. A lady from a young age in exile, living in ANC communities. Sisonke Msimang now has written a book on her experiences of exile, the upside and the … Continue reading Always another country
books touched by Africa 