Poet, Playwright, Novelist For many seasonsOur home layUnder the roof of sorrow. Now I knowThat from a dog’s withered backYou can tell that There’s hunger in a home. South African poet and novelist Mzi Mahola passed away in August 2023. Born in...

(poet, author, educator, critic, ambassador, 1935 - 2013) Let me lead you into the country It is only as half clansman of the ritual goat((Found Poem by Kofi Awoonor, from The Promise of Hope: New and Selected Poems, 1964-2013.)) Kofi...

(activist, educator, journalist and poet 1924 - 2009) “A troubadour, I traverse all my land exploring all her wide-flung parts with zest probing in motion sweeter far than rest ...” Born in Zimbabwe in 1924, Brutus grew up in Port...

(poet, writer, dancer, singer, teacher, producer, playwright, activist 1928 – 2014) Born Marguerite Annie Johnson, Maya Angelou was a multidimensional human. A multitalented woman and a gift to us all. She lived a life so full, so true to herself,...

Amiri Baraka has become a #PoetMuse... The elder passed away today at the age of 79. He had been receiving care in the intensive unit at Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey. A poet, playwright, critic, activist, a resoundingly...