As we are shepherded Into that deep grave Dug by this oligarch Prancing around In peacock-like pride, Princes, princesses and politicians, Priests, Imams On...
FYI from Zimbabwe News Online via lgpolicy-list (also posted on A12n-policy). The Intergovernmental Conference on Language Policy in Africa (ICLPA) referred to...
As he lies In confines of healer's home In far away land With coarse hands Of flesh and blood guzzler Battling with healer's herbs To claim and cage His...
The African Network for Localization (ANLoc) is seeking immediate help to create Locales for 100 African languages. You can view a description of the project...
As the wave Hit my eardrums Made near deaf By vile songs Of roving minstrels Carrying bags of tricks, Consciences of guilt, I chuckled And refused to enter ...
Shamboli mboli Omboli mboli Mboli mboli Sham! Sham!! Sham!!! They rant And prattle Meaningless lyrics. They pour inverted scorn Clothed in garb of praise Onto...
As bulldozers Bully homes into submission To make gardens Of peoples abodes While dwellers huddled On street corners Awaiting shelters promised, We swaggered...
Do I need to be awake? All nights, Enveloped in illumination Of my lamp, With drops of perspiration On my scroll, And the silence Of unholy hours Threatening...
Is there any here or any who know anyone who can volunteer to translate my poems into Nigerian "broken" English? My greatest frustration as a poet at the...
Hi Chidi, Any interest in translating into other African languages? Actually it would be interesting to have some poetry or short stories in African languages...
FYI (fwd from lgpolicy-list). CALL FOR PAPERS MULTILINGUALISM AND EDUCATION: GLOBAL PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD. CONFERENCE CO-HOSTED BY KENYATTA...
Don, I have to admit that I am not at the moment very fluent in any African language, even Igbo my mother tongue. I am however, making efforts. Warm regards, ...
Shoved out of public citadels, Dilapidating towers of learning By rogue officials And recalcitrant teachers Whose children learn In private comfort, They march...
There is an anthology of Dinka (Sudan) poetry online. The poems were written by Muɔrwël Ater Muɔrwël ku Dut Anyakdït and originally published in Sudan in...
Hi, I've been contacted by Christine Moon who is working for Google. They've come up with a project proposal for teaching and motivating Kenyan and Tanzanian...
I shall sing And sing, I shall pour My heart's contents For earthlings To drink Or scorn And pour Down drain. I shall sing songs, Songs from my homeland Where...
From this abode Surrounded by stagnant waters, With anopheles whispering Irritating lyrics into my eardrums, From this observatory, At this hour That moonlight...
I see picture Of innocent men And women Buried alive In mass grave, With orphaned offspring Enlisted into unpaid labour, Menial occupations And sentenced To...
Boom! boom!! is now silent, Heralding Epilogue of warfare. Quietness, Wind of unease Pervades the swamps. Fishes and shrimps are dead Inside waters mixed with...
Like ants around Pieces of cake In conspiracy to lift Sugar coated morsels In unison to holes of abode, They surround vaults. They ogle At funds deposited, ...
FYI, from AfricanTongues.com athttp://t.africantongues.com/translators , info on several translators: Njeri Wangari (Translating Gky from Kenya) My names...
Friend: Chidi, why do you waste your time and energy to write poems only to post them on blogs, listservs, websites and social networking sites for people to...
Hi Chidi, I think that you are right about poetry and development (in the fullest sense). Indeed literature and the arts in general have so much to contribute,...
Even hideous faces Of hooting owls Perched on top Of tall irokos Contorted with frown And spewed tears At sordid moonlight dances below. At sight of men Made...
The book "Moonlight Monologue And Other Poems" by me, published by I-Proclaim Publishing Inc. USA will soon be released on: http://www.i-proclaimbookstore.com...
Hi To all, I am new member, my name is Malika...I was wanting to see if anyone knew Darja? Hoping to learn the language...If anyone could answer this it would...
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