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.

Contents

[edit] Angola

  • Augustinho Neto
  • Antonio Jacinto
  • Costa Andrade
  • Ngudia Wendel
  • Jofre Rocha
  • Ruy Duarte de Carvalho

[edit] Benin (Dahomey)

  • Emile Ologoudou

[edit] Cameroun

[edit] Cape Verde Islands

  • Onésima Silveira

[edit] Congo Republic

[edit] Côte d'Ivoire

  • Joseph Miezan Bognini
  • Charles Nokan

[edit] Gambia

[edit] Ghana

  • Ellis Ayitey Komey
  • Kwesi Brew
  • Kofi Awoonor
  • Atukwei Okai
  • Kofi Anyidoho

[edit] Guinea

  • Ahmed Tidjani Cissé

[edit] Kenya

  • Khadambi Asalache
  • Jonathan Kariara
  • Jared Angira

[edit] Madagascar

  • Jean-Joseph Rabérarivolo
  • Flavien Ranaivo

[edit] Malawi

  • David Rubadiri
  • Felix Mnthali
  • Jack Mapenje

[edit] Mali

[edit] Mauretania

  • Oumar Ba

[edit] Mauritius

[edit] Mozambique

[edit] Nigeria

[edit] San Tomé

  • Aldo do Espirito Santo

[edit] Senegal

[edit] Sierra Leone

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Uganda

[edit] Zaïre

  • Antoine-Rober Bolamba
  • Mukala Kadima-Nzuji
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