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The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry - Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics

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Publisher's Synopsis

'Poetry, always foremost of the arts in traditional Africa, has continued to compete for primacy against the newer forms of prose fiction and theatre drama.' This wonderfully comprehensive anthology of African poetry has been expanded to include ninety-nine poets from twenty-seven countries, thirty-one of whom appear for the first time. Equally wide-ranging is the content of the poetry itself: war songs and political protests jostle with poems about human love, African nature and the surprises that life offers; all are represented in these rich and colourful pages.

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Penguin Classics

In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780140424720
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
Edition: Fourth edition
DEWEY: 896.1008
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 328g
Height: 197mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 21mm