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Contemporary Africa has a range of important poets across many different genres and cultures. Poetry in Africa details more on the history and context of contemporary poetry on the continent. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Peggy Lucie Auleley, French-language poet and novelist [8] Bessora (1968–, in Belgium), novelist and short story writer; Charline Effah (1977–), French-language novelist and educator [9] Rene Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960), poet and novelist; Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa, French-language poet and novelist [10]
African poetry encompasses a wide variety of traditions arising from Africa's 55 countries and from evolving trends within different literary genres.The field is complex, primarily because of Africa's original linguistic and cultural diversity and partly because of the effects of slavery and colonisation, the believe in religion and social life which resulted in English, Portuguese and French ...
Senegalese Wolof griot, 1890 A Hausa Griot performs at Diffa, Niger, playing a komsa ().. A griot (/ ˈ ɡ r iː oʊ /; French:; Manding: jali or jeli (in N'Ko: ߖߋ߬ߟߌ, [1] djeli or djéli in French spelling); also spelt Djali; Serer: kevel or kewel / okawul; Wolof: gewel) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, and/or musician.
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Kānemī [1] (Arabic: أبو إسحاق إبراهيم الكانمي; died c. 1212) was a West African poet and grammarian from the Kanem-Bornu Empire of contemporary Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Libya, and Chad. He was the first to write in Arabic in the central Sudan.
The African Writers Series (AWS) is a collection of books written by African novelists, poets and politicians. Published by Heinemann , 359 books appeared in the series between 1962 and 2003. [ 1 ]
Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; 13 March 1935 – 21 September 2013) was a Ghanaian poet, author and diplomat. His work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people with contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization.
Birago Diop (11 December 1906 – 25 November 1989) [1] to a wolof family was a Senegalese poet and storyteller whose work restored general interest in African folktales and promoted him to one of the most outstanding African francophone writers. [2]