54 AFRICAN POEMS YOU SHOULD READ
54 African poems you should read. I earlier had complied 85 literary texts you should read as aliterature students. Today, I have compiled a list of African poems you should read
1. Africa- David Diop
2. Piano and Drums- Gabriel Okara
3. Telephone Conversation- Wole Soyinka
4. Somehow We Survive-Dennis Brutus
5. Ibadan- J.P Clark
6. Nuit de Sine- Lepold Senghor
7. Abiku-J.P Clark
8. A Villager's Protest- Niyi Osundare
9. Losers of Everything- David Diop
10. Abiku- Wole Soyinka
11. Ambush-Gbemisola Adeoti
12. I am the Tree- Dennis Brutus
13. Viaticum- Birago Diop
14. The Drought and Us- Odia Ofeimun
15. Vultures- David Diop
16. Agbor Dancers- J.P Clark
17. The Pauper- Richard Ntiru
18. Nightfall in Soweto- Oswald Mtshali
19. I Will Pronounce Your Name- Lepold Senghor
20. The Messiahs- Odia Ofienum
21. The Mystic Drum- Gabriel Okara
22. Night Rain-J.P Clark
23. Endless Song- Tanure Ojaide
24. Boy on a Swing- Oswald Mtshali
25. Vanity- Birago Diop
26. Black Woman - Lepold Senghar
27. A Troubadour I Traverse- Dennis Brutus
28. Songs of Sorrow- Kofi Awoonor
29. Expelled- Jared Angria
30. The Casualities- J.P clark
31. Post Mortem- Wole Soyinka
32. The Cathedral- Kofi Awoonor
33. African Thunderstorm- David Rubadiri
34. In the Navel of the Soul- Kobena Acquah
35. Homeless Not Hopeless- Sola Owonibi
36. The Fence- Lenrie Peters
37.The Anvil and The Hammer- Kofi Awoonor
38. The Panic of Growing older- Lenrie Peters
39. That My Country May Move Forward- Jerry Agada
40. They Too Are Earth- Niyi Osundare
41. Refugee Mother and Child- Chinua Achebe
42. Nightsong City- Dennis Brutus
43. Love Apart- Christopher Okigbo
44. The Cleaners- J.P. Clark
45. I Think It Rains- Wole Soyinka
46. The Nigeria Railway- Niyi Osundare
47. The Mesh- Kwesi Brew
48. Heavens Gate- Christopher Okigbo
49. Leaf in the Wind- Benard Dadie
50. Promise- Arthur Nortje
51. Olokun- J.P Clark
52. Agony- Tchicaya U Tam'si
53. Letter to a Poet- Lepold Senghor
54. No Coffin, No Grave- Jared Angira
55. The Anvill and the Hammer-Kofi Awoonor
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http://www.advocateolapet.com/2017/05/80-books-you-must-read-as-literature.html
1. Africa- David Diop
2. Piano and Drums- Gabriel Okara
3. Telephone Conversation- Wole Soyinka
4. Somehow We Survive-Dennis Brutus
5. Ibadan- J.P Clark
6. Nuit de Sine- Lepold Senghor
7. Abiku-J.P Clark
8. A Villager's Protest- Niyi Osundare
9. Losers of Everything- David Diop
10. Abiku- Wole Soyinka
11. Ambush-Gbemisola Adeoti
12. I am the Tree- Dennis Brutus
13. Viaticum- Birago Diop
14. The Drought and Us- Odia Ofeimun
15. Vultures- David Diop
16. Agbor Dancers- J.P Clark
17. The Pauper- Richard Ntiru
18. Nightfall in Soweto- Oswald Mtshali
19. I Will Pronounce Your Name- Lepold Senghor
20. The Messiahs- Odia Ofienum
21. The Mystic Drum- Gabriel Okara
22. Night Rain-J.P Clark
23. Endless Song- Tanure Ojaide
24. Boy on a Swing- Oswald Mtshali
25. Vanity- Birago Diop
26. Black Woman - Lepold Senghar
27. A Troubadour I Traverse- Dennis Brutus
28. Songs of Sorrow- Kofi Awoonor
29. Expelled- Jared Angria
30. The Casualities- J.P clark
31. Post Mortem- Wole Soyinka
32. The Cathedral- Kofi Awoonor
33. African Thunderstorm- David Rubadiri
34. In the Navel of the Soul- Kobena Acquah
35. Homeless Not Hopeless- Sola Owonibi
36. The Fence- Lenrie Peters
37.The Anvil and The Hammer- Kofi Awoonor
38. The Panic of Growing older- Lenrie Peters
39. That My Country May Move Forward- Jerry Agada
40. They Too Are Earth- Niyi Osundare
41. Refugee Mother and Child- Chinua Achebe
42. Nightsong City- Dennis Brutus
43. Love Apart- Christopher Okigbo
44. The Cleaners- J.P. Clark
45. I Think It Rains- Wole Soyinka
46. The Nigeria Railway- Niyi Osundare
47. The Mesh- Kwesi Brew
48. Heavens Gate- Christopher Okigbo
49. Leaf in the Wind- Benard Dadie
50. Promise- Arthur Nortje
51. Olokun- J.P Clark
52. Agony- Tchicaya U Tam'si
53. Letter to a Poet- Lepold Senghor
54. No Coffin, No Grave- Jared Angira
55. The Anvill and the Hammer-Kofi Awoonor
READ ALSO;
http://www.advocateolapet.com/2017/05/80-books-you-must-read-as-literature.html
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