num_pages: 300
description: This elegant limited-edition box set features nine chapbooks: eight volumes of poetry plus an introduction by editors Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani. The eight African poets included are D.M. Aderibigbe Gbenga Adesina Kayombo Chingonyi Safia Elhillo Chielozona Eze Nyachiro Lydia Kasese Ngwatilo Mawiyoo and Hope Wabuke.The box set is an annual project of the African Poetry Book Fund in collaboration with Akashic Books which seeks to identify the best poetry written by African authors working today with a special focus on those who have not yet published their first full-length book of poetry.
language: English
title: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set
publisher: Akashic Books