Students at Heritage Academy celebrated Black History Month with their sixth annual Poetry Slam, combining art and heritage ...

Reginald Condry wrote the poem “We Shall Win the Race” in February 1982 in honor of the struggles of Black people at just 17 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — As she stands before crowds to perform her poems, Rhea Carmon uses her voice to create spaces for conversations on current issues of social change and justice. It’s through ...

The CARES Black History Month Poetry Slam returns for its 12th year on Saturday, February 7, celebrating the 100th ...

Local nonprofit CARES held its 12th Black History Month Poetry Slam today. The event, held at A merican Legion Post 80, welcomed over 100 community members for an afternoon of poetry, music, and camar ...

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 / ...

Lincoln Public Schools celebrated Black History Month Tuesday morning with its 13th annual African American Read-In, featuring community members reading from books and poems that hold personal ...

This week, editor Natalia Molebatsi introduces a stunning collection of Black women’s poetry brought out by the Nigerian-based publisher. Twice a month, we bring you an excerpt from a book to be ...

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 ...

A deeply personal poem on self-acceptance becomes a five-year effort to craft a stop-motion short centered on Black queer love.

'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 ...

‘Gbenga Adeoba was born and raised in Akure, Nigeria. In an interview, he said, “About a decade before I was born, a traveling neighbor left his stacks of books with my father but never came back to ...