The APBF administers two poetry book prizes annually: the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry, a first-book contest, and the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, an award for a book by an African poet published in the previous calendar year.
→ Learn MoreThe African Poetry Library Initiative establishes small, collaborative, and user-friendly poetry reading libraries on the African continent to support poets.
→ Learn MoreIn collaboration with Akashic Books and the University of Nebraska Press, APBF publishes a beautifully designed box set of chapbooks, a debut collection, and other books of contemporary African poetry, including translations and our African Classics series.
→ Learn MoreThe African Poetry Digital Portal is a dynamic new and evolving digital humanities project for the study of the history of African poetry.
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