Diana Ferrus: the South African poet whose words reclaimed history

South African poet, storyteller, publisher, editor and activist Diana Ferrus (1953-2026) received a provincial funeral when she passed on 30 January. Ferrus came to embody the resilience of women ...
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National Black Writers Conference to Celebrate Poet Camille T. Dungy

For the award-winning poet, who will be honored at the National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College next week, ...
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South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former white-minority government’s apartheid policy of racial oppression, has died in Paris, his family ...
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Who was Phillis Wheatley, the first African American poet to publish a book?

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 ...
The Conversation

African poetry is celebrated in a groundbreaking publishing project

Tinashe Mushakavanhu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
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Symbol of freedom: Botswana opens Africa's first monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko

What does Africa's first monument to Shevchenko look like? In the African country of Botswana, the first monument on the ...
Newsday

Poet David Mills explores African Burial Ground, Jupiter Hammon at LI talks

"I’m looking for ways to make history sing," said poet David Mills. In his latest collection, "Boneyarn," a volume of poems laced with grit and grace about Manhattan’s African Burial Ground — ...
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Flint's first poet laureate, Semaj Brown, uses her powerful poem, "Black Dandelion," to spark dialogue and education across the world

Since launching in Flint in 2022, the Black Dandelion initiative was launched in Flint back in 2022. It has grown into an interdisciplinary learning model used by educators and community ...
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South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

FILE - South African writer Breyten Breytenbach, right, and American actor and singer Harry Belafonte shake hands during a press conference in Paris, on June 18, 1986 ...