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Contemporary African Poetry Series

Each year the African Poetry Book Fund publishes three to four full- length collections by contemporary African poets. A member of the APBF editorial board works closely with each author in preparing each manuscript for publication. This series is published by the University of Nebraska Press.

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Your Crib, My Qibla by Saddiq Dzukogi

Your Crib, My Qibla

Saddiq Dzukogi

'mamaseko by Thabile Makue

‘mamaseko

Thabile Makue

Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun

Sacrament of Bodies

Romeo Oriogun

When the Wanderers Come Home

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

Modern Sudanese Poetry: An Anthology

edited by Adil Babikir, with Matthew Shenoda

Your Body Is War

Mahtem Shiferraw

The Future Has an Appointment with the Dawn

Tanella Boni, translated by Todd Fredson

Beating the Graves

Tsitsi Ella Jaji

Think of Lampedusa

Josué Guébo, translated by Todd Fredson

In A Language That You Know

Len Verwey

Logotherapy

Mukoma Wa Ngugi

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