Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry
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The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry, in an earlier 1963 edition Modern Poetry from Africa, was a 1984 poetry anthology edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier. It consists mainly of poems written in English, or French or Portuguese and translated into English; poems written in African languages were included only in authors' translations. The arrangement was by country, and then by date of birth.
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[edit] Angola
[edit] Benin (Dahomey)
[edit] Cameroun
[edit] Cape Verde Islands
[edit] Congo Republic
[edit] Côte d'Ivoire
[edit] Gambia
[edit] Ghana
[edit] Guinea
[edit] Kenya
[edit] Madagascar
[edit] Malawi
[edit] Mali
[edit] Mauretania
[edit] Mauritius
[edit] Mozambique
[edit] Nigeria
- Gabriel Okara
- Christopher Okigbo
- Wole Soyinka
- John Pepper Clark
- Frank Aig-Imoukhuede
- Okogbuli Wonodi
- Michael Echeruo
- Pol N Ndu
- Onwuchekwa Jemie
- Aig Higo
- Molara Ogundipe-Leslie
- Niyi Osundare
- Odia Ofeimun
- Funso Aiyejina
[edit] San Tomé
[edit] Senegal
[edit] Sierra Leone
Sheka mansaray , His book "The tears of my father" www.shekamansaray.com
[edit] South Africa
- Dennis Brutus
- Mazisi Kunene
- Sipho Sepamla
- Keorapetse Kgositsile
- Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
- Arthur Nortje
- Mongane Wally Serote
