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An African Thunderstorm
The poem tells of a storm violent storm moving, this storm makes its way towards an African village causing havoc has it moves toward and…
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I Will Pronounce Your Name
His poetry revealed the contrast between the French way of life being foisted on French African colonies under a purported Policy of Assimilation and the…
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Nightfall In Soweto
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali is a South African poet who was born in Vryheid, Natal. After his early education, he left for Johannesburg with a dream…
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Once Upon A Time
This is a poem by the Nigerian poet Gabriel Okara, in which he laments the lost innocence of youth. In it, he condemns the hypocrisy…
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The Weaver Bird
Kofi Awoonor [1935-2013] was born on 13 March 1935, inĀ a vilage called Keta in Volta Region, Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). His poetry was deeply…
