For the first time, English-language readers can engage with the work of Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal, a distinctive voice among South Africa’s younger generation of Afrikaans poets.

Poetry memoir invites readers into “Blindian Country”; experimental work by 20 Black artists at F-O-K Studios; Alex Yang’s” Weaving the Hmong Legacy” at the Xia Gallery.

I went to West Africa to report on girls’ education. I left convinced that the Western feminist movement has grown far too ...

To grasp Ngũgĩ’s rise from a village in Limuru to global literary eminence, one must retrace the educational and ideological ...

With words that pulse with vulnerability, sensuality, retrospection, and joy, a gifted collective of Black queer poets are ...

South African artist group Mpho Ya Badimo Creations will collaborate with Nzeka Arts in a talent exhibition scheduled for ...

Madeline Miller spent over a decade writing The Song of Achilles – a fantasy romance retelling of Homer’s epic poem The Iliad ...

Last year, Justine Shaw was forced to flee her beloved Zimbabwe. Like millions of others, she had suffered years of threats, poverty and intimidation at the hands of Robert Mugabe's men. Here, she ...

Poet Chuck Perkins, who owns Café Istanbul, depicts the beauty and pain of living in New Orleans in a new poetry book.

Celebrate World Music Day 2025 with a collection of heartfelt English and Hindi poems that capture the healing, emotional, and unifying power of music. Read now to feel the rhythm of words.

Most expats from Africa have shared the following poem on social media at some point in their new lives abroad: READ MORE: South African expat Craig Kinsman, who now lives in the Philippines, wrote a ...