Poetry: Africa
Africa By Arnis Vilks, Germany.* Continent of wonders, continent of hope, continent of fear, and continent of chaos ...like life itself. (...)
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Africa By Arnis Vilks, Germany.* Continent of wonders, continent of hope, continent of fear, and continent of chaos ...like life itself. (...)
Seven Days By Juliane Okot Bitek, Vancouver, Canada.* A delicate hand holds a fan Evokes memories of a lover’s performance Tell me Tell me (...)
Kperterkple Serenade (excerpt) By Atukwei Okai, Accra, Ghana. III make room in your inn for me – I know: when karl marx grabbed his bibliography (...)
I opened my window at the bottom of the sea By Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell, Freetown, Sierra Leone. I opened my window at the bottom of the sea To listen (...)
“Rise up and Walk Upright” By Roland Bankole-Marke, PV Deputy Editor. She gave me my primal breath and key to life And anointed me in dainty (...)
Skirt By Niyi Osundare Come, Sweetheart Come tonight Let’s meet in the elbow Of the street Skip all care Breach all walls Jump over the (...)
Editor’s Note: This poem was written when Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States of America in 2008. On A Day Like This (...)
Editor’s note: This story was first published in January 2006. The author, Karamoh(photo), is now a government official in Freetown. By Karamoh (...)
Ministers to the Toothless By Taban Lo Liyong When I am old and my teeth are gone or rotted Let me age away near KFC or MacDonald’s hotel: (...)
Adumaradan By Niyi Osundare Adumaradan Your love engulfs me As the harmattan overwhelms the heat I will pledge a thousand favours to the wind To (...)
By Hilda Goitsemang Busani, Gaborone, Botswana. Edited by Bakar Mansaray, PV special correspondent, Edmonton, Canada Chapter 3 New Experiences The bus (...)
By Hilda Goitsemang Busani, Gaborone, Botswana. Edited by Bakar Mansaray, PV Special Correspondent, Edmonton, Canada. Part 1: Childhood Experiences (...)
