In the crucial search for the unity of the poetic forces of Africa, and to make much more visible the immense contribution of the poetry of that continent to the world, the Virtual Congress of the World Poetry Movement (WPM) Africa was held on January 21-22, 2023.
About 50 poets attended the 2 days congress, of them there were more than 25
In Africa, millions are suffering a lot. Their lives have trampled over
them with so critical problems. They are threatened by poverty, crushed
by unemployment, wars, and disease overcomes them. The statistics tell
us a lot about the aggravation of humanity's problems in the
twenty-first century, as if the more humanity progresses,
The editor of the Silk Road Literature Series announced that the new edition of the Silk Road Anthology (Nano Poems for Africa) attracted the participation of 145 poets from 45 countries on six continents.
African poets participated from Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, while Asia poets came from Saudi Arabia, India,
Alexandra Ochirova presents her book (My Horizons) as if she were making a philosophical poetic statement with logic.
This edition in Russian, English, and Arabic, which I had the amusement to translate, is part of the Silk Road Literature Series, a path perfectly represented by Alexandra Ochirova 's biography; she is a UNESCO Goodwill
REFLECTIONS ON UMAR ABUBAKAR SIDI’S LIKE BUTTERFLIES SCATTERED ABOUT BY ART RASCALS
Umar Abubakar Sidi's poetry is one of the most talked about today in the Nigerian literary space, because of its unconventionality and departure from the new body of narratives dominated by water, body, and confessional motifs. Sidi’s poetry
