Though I've drifted away from the blog a bit over the last... year or more (!!) -- spending much more time on our Facebook page (more on that to come shortly) -- I have continued to search for, track, and bookmark whatever reviews of African poetry collections I can find online.
To wit, a small sampling. Hopefully giving both the collections and the outlets that still see fit (thank god!!) to publish reviews of poetry a little bit more visibility.
- Bodyhood by Leon de Kock | review by Rustum Kozein
- Burnt Offering by Joan Metelerkamp | review by Christy Weyer
- Comrade by Taiye Tuakli-Wosornu | review byTolu Ogunlesi
- Difficult to Explain by Finuala Dowling | review by Moira Richards
- For the Love of Flight by Lola Shoneyin | review by James Gibbs
- Fourth Child by Megan Hall | review by Grace Kim
- Golden Tribute by Femi Olaoba | review by Oyindamola Olofinlua
- Halfborn Woman by Colleen Higgs | review by Christy Weyer
- Heart Songs by Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo | review by Temitayo Olofinlua
- Holding Pattern: Poems and Drawings by Gus Ferguson | review by Moira Lovell
- I Am Memory by Jumoke Verissimo | review by Dami Ajayi
- Light and After by Kobus Moolman | review by Janet van Eeden
- Light and After by Kobus Moolman | review by Liesl Jobson
- Naked Soles by Gbemisola Adeoti | review by Oyindamola Olofinlua
- Non-Dog by Harry Owen | review by Janet van Eeden
- Notes from the Middle World by Breyten Breytenbach | review by Rustum Kozein
- Oorblyfsel / Voiceover by Breyten Breytenbach | review by Riaan Oppelt with Lisa Visser
- Pearls of the Mangrove by Obari Gomba | review by Arthur Anyaduba
- State of the Nations: Contemporary Zimbabwean Poetry by Tinashe Mushakavanhu & David Nettleingham (eds.) | review by Memory Chirere
- The Everyday Wife by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers | review by Janet van Eeden
- The Word Is an Egg by Niyi Osundare | review by Oyindamola Olofinlua
- These Are the Lies I Told You by Kerry Hammerton | review by Arja Salafranca
Still, that's twenty-two reviews there and it ought to keep you busy for some time!!
By all means, link, read, comment (here and there, for that matter) and... if there are other reviews floating around do send them along so I can start compiling the next batch for posting.
2 comments:
A list like this is likely to keep readers busy. however, if one leaves ones blog for over a year, people begin to delink it and make room for more others.
This is a great site with lots of information.
Oh, Nana, you've hit me where it hurts!! Yes, being away for a year is frightful; but I'll get this back on track shortly.
In the meantime, I have been keeping the discussion going on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/africanpoetryreview. It hasn't been the in-depth work that the blog allows, that's for sure...
But thanks for the kind words and definitely keep an eye on us here: much more coming to keep us all busy!!
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