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Hello everyone...

The above picture is the cover image of "Letters From Africa: The Modern African Poetry Compilation".

Now, it is very probable that you do not read poetry but I hope that at the end of this, you would have a reason to change your mind and purchase this particular compilation.

To begin with, it is the FIRST EVER poetry compilation written by a group of Africans and more so, done with the sole intent of showing the continent's creativity to the world.

Also, it is written in simple language with each poem having a distinct message; each easily understandable.(I shall post two of the poems below so that you have a clue of what what I'm saying).

Here are the two poems I am posting.

This first one is "We Regret" by Nkenu Timothy

A lot of stories
A lot of lies
Fingers pointing
No results

We remember those times when
They stood with hungry faces
Clearly stricken by poverty
So we pitied them

They came to us with sweet words
Saying they know our plight and
Would fight for us
Lies!!! All lies!

With ink stains on our thumbs
And joy in our hearts
Smiles on our faces
We put them in office

Crocodile tears of gratitude
Hungry eyes of theirs
They looked at us and
Praised us for "doing the right thing"

Days, weeks and years gone by
No sign of them close by
I hear they live in mansions
While we live in mud huts

They only come when they need us
They are nowhere close to us
Nothing to show for our stains;
Stains on our thumbs put on paper

We regret the times we wasted
Standing under the hot sun
Shouting their praises,
We regret.

We regret the ink we allowed to touch us
The papers we put in boxes
Yes we regret
We shall always regret

And then this next one is titled "Bury Me" by Moshenyana Wa Taung

A time would come when my life would cease
When the time comes, I ask that you remember these things

Bury my body but don’t bury my beliefs
Bury my heart but don’t bury my love
Bury my feet but not the path of life
Bury my hands but don’t bury my diligent efforts

Bury my shoulders but not the concerns I carried
Bury my voice but not my message
Bury my mind but don’t bury my dreams
Bury me but don’t bury my life

If you must bury something
Let it be my faults and my weaknesses
But let my life continue to live on
Within you


I hope you've had an insight into what to expect of the compilation made by these young African poets?

Finally, the last but greatest reason why you should buy this compilation is that you'd be investing into literature in Africa as the funds gotten from this maiden edition would go into the production of the next and subsequently, be able to provide literary aid to the continent as the area of literature is one which is greatly lagging behind in the continent.

If I've been able to convince you to purchase the compilation (which I strongly hope and believe that I've done), please find the purchase links below. The eBook version costs $2.99 on all platforms while the paperback costs $9.99.

Asante sana (Thank you).

Amazon (Paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Africa-Modern-African-Compilation/dp/1512089079

Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZA0MXC8

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/letters-from-africa/id1003725008?mt=11&uo=4

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/African_Poetry_Project_Letters_From_Africa?id=e6fVCQAAQBAJ.

Kobo :https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/letters-from-africa-2