Poet and cultural activist Cynthia Marangwanda from Zimbabwe speaks with Mbizo Chirasha about writing as an essential tool to understand life, ancestral heritage, and the literary voices that shaped her work.
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From a few years ago, but still exciting!
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From before @brittlepaper.bsky.social or
@flippedeye.bsky.social were on here, I think...
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🌊 New in #Archipel | #Currents 📣
Pamilerin Jacob says his art is “a transliteration of the subconscious” — a way to carry interior life into language without losing its pulse. ❤️🔥
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Thanks to all the poets that were involved in this event, tonight. It was great to welcome Ray and hear such a diversity of work.
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🌊 New on Archipel: Currents launches: mentorship & multilingual poetics—plus a feature on Adesiyan Oluwapelumi's Mouthful of Cinders (@akashicbooks.bsky.social/APBF, Dec 2025). Read: tinyurl.com/yzw7uhcr
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This tribute by Niyi Osundare first appeared in “Flowers of the Rift Valley”, a section on Kenya in the book, If Only the Road Could Talk
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🎧 Her episode of our podcast series Brave Young Voices of Today and Tomorrow is available now on Spotify—tune in to hear her story and words in her own voice.
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🎧 Her episode of our podcast series Brave Young Voices of Today and Tomorrow is available now on Spotify—tune in to hear her story and words in her own voice.
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Evaristo Prize for African Poetry 2025 shortlist announced
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God the Father seated in a red diamond-shaped area. He is shown blessing the viewer. In the corners are the Four Creatures, one in the form of a lion, one in the form of an ox, one in the form of an eagle, and one in the form of a man.
እሰግድ፡ ለመለኮትከ፡ እንተ፡
ፈጠርከ፡ ጽልመተ፨
እምቅድመ፡ ብርሃነ፡ ትግበር፡
ወታስተባሪ፡ መዓልተ፨
Ethiopia, 18th c. (?) #god #father #malke #africanpoetry #africanart
ሰላም፡ ለባሕርይክሙ፡ እንዘ፡ ይነብር፡ አርያመ፨
በተዋሕዶ፡ ወትሥልስት፡ እንተ፡ ይኴንን፡ ዓለመ፨
"Peace to your nature, which resides on high
and governs the world in Unity and Trinity!"
Ethiopia, 18th c. #trinity #patron #geez #africanpoetry #africanart
Ibadan by J.P Clark:
Ibadan
running splash of rust
and gold-flung and scattered
among seven hills like broken
China in the sun.
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