It’s #WorldPoetryDay! Celebrate with us by enjoying these examples of incredible literature and personal expression by poets from across the African continent.
1. "Homeward" -- Bassey Ikpi
Bassey Ikpi, a Nigerian-born but America-raised poet, captures audiences with her spoken word ode to her grandmother in Homeward. Visiting her unfamiliar family, she laments, “It breaks my heart to realize that I can only love her clearly in English.” Ipki lets us into her uncertainty and struggles to find somewhere she can call...