Африка жырлары: 1975 жылғы антология

1975 poetry antholog

Poems of Black Africa is a poetry anthology edited by Wole Soyinka, published in 1975 as part of the Heinemann African Writers Series. It was arranged by theme.

Soyinka introduces Poems of Black Africa as being different from other anthologies because it is arranged by themes that go beyond what Soyinka calls the "customary settings" of other ways of organizing such as "regions, period, style, [and] authorship." He states that the purpose of this anthology was to put together poems that envelop the reality and sense of black Africa, both "modern and historic", through poetic expression. She notes in her review in World Literature Today that many of the poems included were written by African statesmen. In contrast to Barnett's review, Kelly notes a lack of quality writing throughout the selections; he calls the poems difficult to understand and says that they are full of overwriting and lack clarity, placing responsibility for this fault on the anthology and on Soyinka himself as editor. Kelly says that genuine feeling expressed in the poems is not enough to overcome the lack of structure and form. Ending his critique, he states that black poets would have been better served by an anthology that focused on quality rather than themes, calling Poems of Black Africa "provocative and embarrassing".

Abangira G. Adali Mortty Costa Andrade Jared Angira Peter Anyang' Nyong'o Kofi Awoonor Kwesi Brew Dennis Brutus Siraman Cissoko J. P. Clark José Craveirinha Viriato da Cruz Bernard Dadié Kaoberdiano Dambara Joe de Graft Solomon Deressa Noémia de Sousa Birago Diop David Diop Mbella Sonne Dipoko Marcelino dos Santos Tsegaye Gabre Medhin Armando Guebuza Ismael Hurreh Antonio Jacinto Paulin Joachim Charles Kabuto Kabuye W. Kamera Jonathan Kariara Amin Kassam Yusuf O. Kassam Keorapetse Kgositsile Kittobbe Mazisi Kunene Kojo Gyinaye Kyei Taban Lo Liyong Stephen Lubega Theo Luzuka Valente Malangatana Ifeanyi Menkiti Mindelense Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali Agostinho Neto Arthur Nortje Richard Ntiru Odia Ofeimun Atukwei Okai Gabriel Okara Christopher Okigbo Yambo Ouloguem Frank Kobina Parkes Okot p'Bitek Lenrie Peters Rabérivelo Isaac Rammopo Jorge Rebelo Arnaldo Santos L. S. Senghor Onésimo Silveira Wole Soyinka J. B. Tati Loutard Bahadur Tejani B. S. Tibenderana Enoch Tindimwebwa Kalu Uka Tchicaya U Tam'si Okogbule Wonodi