In 1761, a young girl crossed the Atlantic on a slave ship. Captured in West Africa and transported to Boston, where she was enslaved by John and Susanna Wheatley. They named her Phillis, after the ...

For 10 years, Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes and his friend the Nigerian writer Chris Abani have sifted through piles of manuscripts looking for Africa’s new poetic talent. Since 2014, the African Poetry ...

Accompanying CD: "Featuring performances on CD by Ruby Dee, Novella Nelson, Nikki Giovanni, Elizabeth Alexander, Sonia Sanchez, Robert Hayden, Marilyn Nelson, and many more friends ..." The aunt / ...

World-renowned American poet, author, and educator Nikki Giovanni has died at the age of 81. According to AP, Giovanni died with her lifelong partner, Virginia (Ginney) Fowler, by her side, which was ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, who wrote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is credited as one of the first influential Black poets in America. A graduate of Howard University, he was ...

Articles. Return to West Africa / Abioseh Nicol -- Requiem for Sophiatown / Can Themba -- Ibos as they are / Onyenaekeya Udeagu -- The widows of the reserves / Phyllis Ntantala -- Why I ran away / ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Dr. Fabu Phillis Carter is Madison's first African American Poet Laureate. She held that role from 2008 to 2012. The African American scholar received her last degree from the ...

It’s #WorldPoetryDay! Celebrate with us by enjoying these examples of incredible literature and personal expression by poets from across the African continent. Bassey Ikpi, a Nigerian-born but America ...

Wangechi Mutu’s new exhibition at Galleria Borghese unfolds like a poem in the Baroque trove of archetypal truths that define this historical gem in Rome. With “Black Soil Poems,” the Kenya-American ...

'Abiku' is an interesting word in Nigeria literary sphere, Ben Okri's novel The Famished Road is based upon an abiku. Here are 3 other poems on Abiku you should read. 'Abiku' is an interesting word in ...