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by Amanda T McIntyre
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Ghana by Air - Nii Ayikwei Parkes
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Afterword, London 2020 - Keith Jarrett
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Race Riot, Tulsa, 1921 - Sharon Olds
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Mark McWatt
B. 1947
Strands of autobiography, a deeply sensuous ecology of place, historical narratives; the inner world of imagination and the often difficult realities of the postcolonial nation are interwoven in McWatt's bold but carefully worked out architecture. Peepal Tree
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Hone Tuwhare
B. 1922 D. 2008
Gissa smile Sun, giss yr best / good mawnin' one, fresh 'n cool like - 'Sun O (2)', Hone Tuwhare
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Grace Nichols
B. 1950
Not only rich music, an easy lyricism, but also grit, and earthy honesty, a willingness to be vulnerable and clean. - Gwendolyn Brooks
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John Agard
B. 1949
His poems are direct and arresting, playful, full of startling imagery, and are hilarious, passionate and erotic as often as they are political - often managing to be all these things at once - Maura Dooley
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Jack Mapanje
B. 1944
Where is the spirit that touched the hearts / Lightly - chameleon colours of home? - 'Visiting Zomba Plateau', Jack Mapanje