Publisher's Synopsis
This eight-piece boxed set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of seven African poets, with an introduction by Kwame Dawes, APBF series editor, and Chris Abani.
The boxed set is an annual project starting in 2014 to ensure the publication of seven chapbooks by African poets through participating publishers. Publication is made possible through Slapering Hol Press, in association with APBF and the literary journal Prairie Schooner, with support from The Poetry Foundation.
The chapbook contains:
Mandible by TJ Dema
The Cartographer of Water by Clifton Gachagua
Carnaval by Tsitsi Jaji
The Second Republic by Nick Makoha
Ordinary Heaven by Ladan Osman
Our Men Do Not Belong To Us by Wasan Shire
Otherwise Everything Goes On by Len Verwey
