Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry
- Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry
The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry, in an earlier 1963 edition Modern Poetry from Africa, was a 1984 poetry anthology edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier. It consists mainly of poems written in English, or French or Portuguese and translated into English; poems written in African languages were included only in authors' translations. The arrangement was by country, and then by date of birth.
Angola
*Augustinho Neto
*Antonio Jacinto
*Costa Andrade
*Ngudia Wendel
*Jofre Rocha
*Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
Benin (Dahomey)
*Emile Ologoudou
Cameroun
*Simon Mpondo
*Mbella Sonne Dipoko
*Patrice Kayo
Cape Verde Islands
*Onésima Silveira
Congo Republic
*Tchicaya U Tam’si
*Jean-Baptiste Tati-Loutard
*Emmanuel Dongala
Côte d'Ivoire
*Joseph Miezan Bognini
*Charles Nokan
Gambia
*Lenrie Peters
Ghana
*Ellis Ayitey Komey
*Kwesi Brew
*Kofi Awoonor
*Atukwei Okai
*Kofi Anyidoho
Guinea
*Ahmed Tidjani Cissé
Kenya
*Khadambi Asalache
*Jonathan Kariara
*Jared Angira
Madagascar
*Jean-Joseph Rabérarivolo
*Flavien Ranaivo
Malawi
*David Rubadiri
*Felix Mnthali
*Jack Mapenje
Mali
*Ouologuem Yambo
Mauretania
*Oumar Ba
Mauritius
*Edouard Maunick
Mozambique
*José Craveiriñha
*Noémia de Sousa
*Valente Malangatana
*Jorge Rebelo
Nigeria
*Gabriel Okara
*Christopher Okigbo
*Wole Soyinka
*John Pepper Clark
*Frank Aig-Imoukhuede
*Okogbuli Wonodi
*Michael Echeruo
*Pol N Ndu
*Onwuchekwa Jemie
*Aig Higo
*Molara Ogundipe-Leslie
*Niyi Osundare
*Odia Ofeimun
*Funso Aiyejina
San Tomé
*Aldo do Espirito Santo
Senegal
*Léopold Sédar Senghor
*Birago Diop
*David Diop
Sierra Leone
*Syl Cheney-Coker
South Africa
*Dennis Brutus
*Mazisi Kunene
*Sipho Sepamla
*Keorapetse Kgositsile
*Oswald Mtshali
*Arthur Nortje
*Mongane Wally Serote
Uganda
*Okot p'Bitek
Zaïre
*Antoine-Rober Bolamba
*Mukala Kadima-Nzuji
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