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Die With Me by Hope Masike: A Review
This a book review of Zimbabwean poet and musician, Hope Masike's latest collection of horror poems 'Die With Me.'
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Stanzas and Reflection: An Interview With Batsirai E. Chigama
I am a sucker for poetry and I always have one or two anthologies on my bedside table (it’s that deep!). Two years ago, Book Fantastics...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


On The Road Again by Freedom T. V. Nyamubaya
It’s the simplicity, clarity and powerful message that leave a mark. The message is relevant now as it was then in 1986.
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


Bless the Daughter Raised By a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
Bless the Daughter Raised by A Voice in Her Head is Warsan Shire’s first full collection and it’s loaded.
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


For Women Trying to Breathe and Failing (It’s Not Your Fault) by Batsirai Chigama
In Batsirai Chigama’s latest offering there is a voice that says, do not be still, you can not sit still while your world burns around you..
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


Souls of Forgotten Queens by Chengeto Mayowe
‘Souls of Forgotten Queens’ is a poetry anthology by Chengeto Mayowe that speaks to victory, rebirth and reclamation of power.
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3 min read


Everything is a Deathly Flower Poems by Maneo Mohale
Maneo Mohale invites the reader into their world through verses filled with pain, rage, longing, questions and in some way rays of hope.
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3 min read


Hullo Bu-Bye Koko, Come In by Koleka Putuma
In this collection like the last, Koleka Putuma helps us to confront issues arising from race, identity, politics, existence, womanhood...
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4 min read


A Reflection of Zimbabwe in Gather the Children by Batsirai Chigama
Gather the Children is an anthology of fifty poems written by Batsirai E. Chigama.
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5 min read


Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems by Alice Walker
Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems is an anthology of poems collected from 1965- 1990. In over one hundred and fifty poems...
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4 min read


Verses of Bold Resistance in No Roses From My Mouth by Dr Stella Nyanzi
No Roses From My Mouth is a collection of about one hundred and fifty poems. The collection is divided into three volumes which address ...
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5 min read


Uprooted by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure
UPROOTED is an anthology made up of about seventy poems which address and explore issues of displaced immigrants and refugees living in ...
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3 min read


Reflecting the Moments in Nikki Giovanni’s Collected Poetry (1968 -1998)
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni is an anthology that features her early poems, these poems were written between 1968 and 1998.
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4 min read


Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks
This is a highly charged collection of selected poems from various works. A collection that tackles so many issues that affected ...
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3 min read


Brass Neck by Victoria Naa Takia Nunoo
In this anthology Nunoo writes about owning desire, discovering sensuality, belonging, tragedy, tenderness and self love.
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3 min read
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