The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry

The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (in an earlier 1963 edition Modern Poetry from Africa) is a 1984 poetry anthology edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier. It consists mainly of poems written in English and English translations of French or Portuguese poetry; poems written in African languages were included only in the authors' translations. The poems are arranged by the country of the poet, then by their date of birth. The following sections list the poets included in the collection.

Angola

Benin (Dahomey)
  • Emile Ologoudou

Cameroun

Cape Verde Islands
  • Onésima Silveira

Congo Republic

Côte d'Ivoire
  • Joseph Miezan Bognini
  • Charles Nokan

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea
  • Ahmed Tidjani Cissé

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauretania
  • Oumar Ba

Mauritius
  • Edouard Maunick

Mozambique

Nigeria

San Tomé
  • Alda do Espirito Santo

Senegal

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Uganda

Zaire
  • Antoine-Rober Bolamba
  • Mukala Kadima-Nzuji

Zambia
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References
  1. Gerald Moore (30 August 2007). The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry. Penguin Books Limited. p. 399. ISBN 978-0-14-191290-5.
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