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NO ROSES FROM MY MOUTH: Stella NYANZI´S POEMS FROM PRISON By Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire and Esther Mirembe

In Carole Boyce Davies’ study of the political activism of the Black Communist, Claudia Jones, Davies writes that “ was a poetry written by...

Political poetry as a crime: Inside the surreal trial of Dareen Tatour

Arresting a Palestinian for publishing a political poem is extraordinary. Having to prove at trial that police mistranslated her poem is nothing short of...

Peter Tosh’s resistance against racism, apartheid and settler-colonialism

March 21 is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. A notable cultural icon in the struggle against racism is Jamaican reggae artiste...

The Collapse of a Titan by Rais Neza Boneza

    Near madness, Strangled in the North, the Equator-- Ngbadolite, Ngemena, to the Ubangui border-- In the center, Tetela land-- Kisangani,...

Lyrics: We've Had Enough By Michael Jackson

   Love was taken from a young lifeAnd no one told her whyHer direction has a dimlightFrom one more violent crime She...

Grandpa, what do you make of the killings in Paris? By Cameron Duodu

I used to hop across the road and bring her home from school.We would have lunch together.I enthused her so much about Ghanaian...

House Arrest & Disobedience, Smallberry Press, 2015, London UK. ISBN 978-0993031519

  The poems in this book are powerful messages about the cruelty and violence, often hidden and denied, in families, communities and countries. Although...

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