A Womb With a Heart That Beats All Over the World: African Poetry - Couverture souple

Rijsdijk, Rebecca

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798441356312

Editeur : Independently published, 2022

Synopsis

The power that lies in the centre of this anthology rests in an old knowledge, held together by the wisdom of elders and the strength of black women. In a world beset with the desires of “big men” to bring the world to heal, we know that we call Africa “mother” for a reason. — Sean Felix, author of 'Did You Even Know I Was Here?'

I come to this book of African poetry by way of oceans and rivers, as do many of the authors within the following pages. They tell stories of power and pain, intrigue and nostalgia, desire and rejection, and all of them are stories of Africa. Alkebulan, the title of the very first poem in the collection, and also the indigenous name of Africa, orients the reader to prepare for encounters from some 54 countries of the continent, and the songs of those of us who grew up away from our ancestral home. In a world where Africa is as much a shorthand for a particular way of life, or a reduction of massive diversity to a single identity, these authors take pains to sing songs that only they can, through a connection that they carry in their melanated skin.

Opening the pages of this book, you hear the rush of the Congo and the Nile that Langston professed. You can also feel the breadth of Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika. But then as you read, you feel the heat of the Sahara, and the cold of Kilimanjaro. Every page of the book is replete with the footsteps and grandeur of empire, and knowledge. The Great Pyramids are here. The Savannahs are over there. The cradle of human existence sits on the Horn of the great continent. This is a book of great beauty, and heralds a shared ancestry, not just of the authors, but indeed of the entire world. For Africa is the world, and the world is Africa.

With poetry by Ama Bema, Fortune Maine, Joshua Adebayo, Afi Koasi, Arieth-Eva, Baaba Andrews, Bill Masuku, Britney Lindo, Cindy J. Steward, Devjani Bodepudi, Emiricus Brown-Murillo, Gail Fawcett, Genara Necos, Ghabiba Weston, Grace Louise Wood, Jasmine Oakley, Jerome Coetzee, Jonah Attalla, Karabo C. Modise, Meron Taye, Njabulo Nkambule, Nokulunga Mkhize, Nqobile Kgasi, Robel Sank, Sammi Yamashiro, Saviour Lee, Tammy Pieterson, Tim Bocquet, Uchechukwu Nwafor, Uzomah Ugwu and Vanessa Chisakula.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798441356312
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 108
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