FINAL
LIST
BEST NEW AFRICAN POETS 2016 ANTHOLOGY
Anthologie de Noueveaux Meilleurs Poetes
Africains 2016
OS MELHORES “NOVOS” POETAS AFRICANOS 2016
POEMS
Niall R Hurley (South Africa): Shelley Point
Lisa Jaison (Zimbabwe): The gift of a goodbye
Abel Sehloho (South Africa): Mother Africa
Abigail
George (South Africa): Sometimes Table Mountain and my sister
The manic depressive daughter
Afua Wilcox (South Africa): The Day Yaa Serwaa fell
down the Pit Latrine
Agu Gift (Nigeria): Have you
ever wondered
Ajise Vincent (Nigeria): Illumination
Facets
Ali Znaidi
(Tunisia) : The Sky Hides its Ash
Decayed Bones and Exhaled
Breaths
A Google Glass Sonnet
Amitabh Mitra (South Africa): Hillbrow,
Johannesburg
Mdantsane,
East London
Transkei
Anthony Okoto Osei Jr (Ghana/USA):
Shango’s
Song is Oya’s Nocturne
The Sun’s
First Born – Opener of the Ways
Antonio Garcia (South Africa): To our boys who bled in Bangui
Asiko Joan (Kenya): Dead skin
Athol Williams (South Africa): Walking with Bheki Mseleku
Brenty: An
African tragedy
Echos
Ayo Oyeku (Nigeria): Prayer
Ali
Goes to School
I Will Not Die Tonight
Ayomide Owoyemi (Nigeria): Ode to a poison
Kafanchan
Beula Kapp (South Africa): Rivers
Bianca Nieuwenhuis (South Africa): I too am an African
Bradley Purdon (South Africa): Alive in Silver
Legacies
I am connected
Chaun ballard (USA) Field Notes
Twelve ways
of Looking at Darkness
Lessons
Chenjerai Mhondera (Zimbabwe): I want that Africa Go!
Springs of
savanna
Mbizo Chirasha (Zimbabwe): Blue Lemons
My Painful Poetry
Identity Apples
Christine
Coates (South Africa): Terra Nullius – the Marikana Symphony
The Summer
of 69
First Weekend
Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe (Zimbabwe): Stolen Dreams
A Shadow from A Dark Past
Cláudia
Cassoma (Angola): The Africa I know
Chuma Mmeka ( Nigeria): Never Forget
Dennis brad Kunguru (Kenya): At the crack of dawn
Dime Maziba (DRC): Child Soldiers
I write
Bye bye
poet
Edward Dzonze (Zimbabwe): The black African
Eliza Mabungu (Mozambique): The glass that fell
Eric Ngobale (South Africa): Brother (I Can’t Breathe)
Fayssal Chafaki (Morocco): Francesca
Gideon Chumo (Kenya): Bangui; a Poetic Coup~
I. Papa Pomp
Sunset at
Westgate I
For the reign is
falling
Harry Owen (South Africa): Hadeda
Questions to ask in
South Africa
In the
botanical gardens
Hosea Tokwe (Zimbabwe): An Angry Graduate
James McKeown
(South Africa): Dreaming
Jarred Thompson (South
Africa): Chemicals in the
mind of “G-O-D”
For
The Epistemology of
Desire
Brenda Juma (Kenya): The City Queens
Her
Culture
Kelechi Ezeigwe (Nigeria): The Diary
Kelvin Mangwende (Zimbabwe): The Rainbird is dead
Kgolagano Tshela (South Africa): Drowning in these feelings alone
Lucas Zulu (South Africa): Can We
Myron Memon Naidoo (South Africa): A renewed life
Mandla Mavolwane (Zimbabwe): Day Dream
Mari Ballot (South Africa): What colour is pain
Squatter-camps
Marial Awendit (South Sudan): Let a Woman
Marumo
Moagi (South Africa): Inspired Less
Marvel Chukwudi Pephel (Nigeria): Rain: A word Sonnet
Diagonal Acrostic:
The Juxtaposition
Michael 'Wudz' Ochoki (Sudan/Kenya): I write
Ka
The night
Michelle Hayward (South Africa): The glass cage
Mikateko E.
Mbambo (South Africa): The Thing Between her legs
We are Conscious
Women
Mimi Brako Bismarck (Ghana/USA): Nostalgia
How We Ate Fufu
Archie Swanson (South Africa): Wind pump
Linda Nabasa (Uganda): Hard Tongue
Lyrical penetration
Deflowered
Nana
Arhin Tsiwah (Ghana): Yamoransa
3rd element
hi-life
Ndumi Dlamini
(South Africa): Be
there
Dark words
Nelisa Khethokuhle Khwela (South
Africa): Flight reflections
Nonso Charles Orji (Nigeria): Lagos
Ntensibe Joseph (Uganda): Homage to once a
family
To Elites
Nureni Ibrahim (Nigeria): Half of a human
species
Kariuki
wa Nyamu (Kenya): The Lunatic and
her Brood
Postmodern
Nairobi beggar
Ojo Taiye (Nigeria): Untitled
Untitled
Ojok James Onono (Uganda): Peace in the radio
Omuna Andrew Herbert (Uganda): Ode to the yellow party
Pasomi Mucha (Kenya): Sycophanta
Phumulani Chipandambiri (Zimbabwe): My Religion
Rana Al Hassanein (Egypt): Suicide Note
Ravi Naicker (South Africa): Strangers
after a lifetime together
The Naicker Patriarch
Refilwe Khanya Nxomani (South Africa): Homecoming
Roy
Venketsamy (South Africa): African Sunrise
Unsung Heroes (a tribute to my dad)
Rogers Atukunda
(Uganda): Beyond Beauty
The debase
Sibusiso Ernest Masilela (South Africa): Travelling Alone
Stephen Temitope David (Nigeria): Song of the lost
Tafadzwa
Chikowore (Zimbabwe): Death
Handsen Chikowore (Zimbabwe): Payday
Victoria Falls
Thembi Charles (Zimbabwe): Limitless Spirit
Thandiwe Shea (Lesotho): I am dead but still alive
Our
dyed-in-the-wool regime
Thato Tshukudu (South Africa): Grow up so fast
Tola
Ijalusi (Nigeria): Omi Alaafia
Tralone Lindiwe Khoza (South Africa): Black eagles fly high
Tunu Ndanzi (Tanzania): That Talking
Tree
Wafula p’Khisa (Kenya): neWS TODay
Fallen in love again
Once Upon August (for Martha﴿
Yeshni Sookraj (South Africa): The Spirit of its Searcher
Reality
Vupenyu Zvoushe (Zimbabwe): Silence
Simon Chimbetu
I, Son of the streets
Charmaine Gombera (Zimbabwe): Kwashiorkor of free Speech
Hélder Simbad (Angola): Intention
Dramático?!
Conto fantástico
Britos Adriano Baptista
(Moçambique): Urgência
Confidência
O preço do meu silêncio
Augusta Jorge (Angola): Filha das
ruas
Sou este mundo
Bruno Santos (Angola): Ortográfico
Despreso
Materia Viva
Carmona Polá
Júnior (Moçambique): Cego Visionário
Cláudia, Minha Irmã
Odisseia dum Plebeu
Cátia Regina (Angola/Brasil): Ser Homem-Deus
Minha Busca
O
Que Fazes da Vida
Cristina Ferreira (Angola): Alguém Te Vê Como Mulher
A
Carta
A Mulher Africana Que Sou
Edgar Ginga (Angola): Ele Nunca Disse Te Amo
Minha seduçáo
Albano Epalanga (Angola): Vida Aliciada
Abismo Profundo
Evaristo Fernando (Moçambique): Meu Barco de Papel
Metamorfose Xenófóba!
Fabious Benfiquista (Angola): Negra
Angola
Seria Bom
Fernando Palaia (Angola/Cuba): Vocês me tornaram
assim
Guilson Silvano Saxingo (Angola): Maus trilhos de África
Cidade diamante
Ismael Farinha (Angola): Minutos
Recordes
A Morte
Joel Fernandes (Angola): A carta das
lagrimas
O contraste da vida
Levita Estanislau (Angola/South Africa): Um Sorriso No Rosto
Lorna Telma Zita (Moçambique): Amar é loucura
A prostituta
Porque querem que eu me cale?
Lourenço Quimbungo (Angola): Ungido de arcanjos
Nostálgicas pergolas
A
Lenda
Magno Domingos (Angola): Poema 1
Poema 2
Poema 3
Marcelo Pedro (Moçambique): Criatividade
Erógeno
Televivência
Márcia Rosel Chambule
(Moçambique): Desafoga-Te
Revolta
Entusiasmo
Mohamed Canhanga (Angola): Sei Que Te
Escondes Por Aí
Quinta_Feira
Escritos Libertários
Ngonga Guinho Luciano (Angola): Se eu parar pra pensar
Até Quando África
Obedes Lobadias (Moçambique): O Mundo
Folha Dos Ventos
Ininteligível
Orlando Joaquim Ussague (Moçambique): Um ocidente em mim
Resolução
Profetizar
Rosa Ribeiro( Angola/Portugal): Paisagem
Filha do Tempo
Soberano Canhanga (Angola): Faixa de Gaja
Conte(...)Sáo
Sonia Robalo ( Angola/Portugal): Carta á Minha Máe Angola
Nós
Tony Kunsevi (Angola):
Retrato Imortal
Artista
Porção Mágica da Vida
Victor de Viriato (Angola): Meu Pai,
Meu País
Foi ontem, que teu olhar deixou de lutar
Tenho a pátria rasgada no
peito
Virgilio Chilaule (Moçambique): Renuncia
Sala Mana
Geraçáo Alagada
Daniel Da Purificação
(Angola/Mexico): Poema 1
Poema 2
Poema 3
Tagore Rabin Dinura(Angola/Israel):
Tchak Sami( Burkina Faso):
Armel Ebo’o (Cameroon)
Samira Negrouche
(Algeria) :
Marine par temps calme, 1646
Cours d’eau, effet du matin, 1824
Ménerbes, 1954
Ernestu Botha (South Africa): Liefde en Reen
Love and Rain
Die Sonblom
The
Sunflower
Mof’Oluwawo Mojolaoluwa (Nigeria): Fitila
Monicah Masikonte (Kenya): Naahidi Kukusahau
I promise to forget you
Jacobus G. L. Nieuwoudt
(South Africa): Jy weet jou
oë
You know your eyes
Tendai R. Mwanaka (Zimbabwe): Maita Shava
Thank you Shava
To
19 poets (English main collaboration): A peaceful conflict in the land of utopia
3 poets (Cassoma, Guzha, Mwanaka): I can still see
2 poets (Mhondera, Oluwaseyifunmi): Of love & sex in Africa
Best
New African Poets 2015 Anthology Poetics and Reviews
1.
On being a pen-guine: An interview with Fiona Mahomed Khan
2.
Thabo Mbeki’s dream of an African
Renaissance: An interview with Christine
Coates
3.
I am a simple farmer, poet, and
writer: An interview with Fayssal
Chafaki
4.
Let’s begin at the grassroots: An
interview with John Attah Ojonugwa
5.
An Encyclopedia of Learning: An
appreciation of Best New African Poets
2015 Anthology by Delia Watterson
6.
A cocktail of verse: An appreciation
of Best New African Poets 2015 Anthology
by Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe
7.
An interview with Sonia Robalo
8.
An interview with Soberano Canhanga
9.
An article on the Cape Town reading by
Archie Swanson
10. An
article on the Oakland California reading by Samantha Akwei
