Best "New" African Poets 2017 Anthology

edited by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, Daniel da Purificação

Best “New” African Poets 2017 Anthology is the third in a continuing series. In the 2017 anthology there are poems from 191 poets, 338 poems/translations and articles on poetry, in 13 African languages: English, Portuguese, French, Shona, Afrikaans, Kiswahili, Yoruba, Igbo, Akan Twi, Setswana, Mbesa, Dholuo and Spanish. The poets are from 40 African countries and the Diasporas with Nigerian poets dominating, but also there are substantial entries from Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Angola and Uganda. With the remainder of the poems coming from African poets based in Togo, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cuba, Mexico, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana, DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Taiwan, Korea, China, UK, France, USA, Gabon, Ethiopia, Switzerland, South Sudan, Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Cabo Verde, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, São Tomé, Brazil and Mozambique.

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