The Penguin book of modern African poetry / Modern African poetry edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier. - Fourth edition. - London : Penguin Books, 1998. - xxvi, 448 pages ; 20 cm. - Penguin twentieth-century classics . - Penguin twentieth-century classics. .

Previous edition: 1984.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This wonderfully comprehensive anthology of African poetry has been expanded to include 99 poets from 27 countries, 31 of whom appear for the first time. The poems are on a wide range of topics from war songs to poems about human love.

9780140424720 (pbk.) : �14.99


African poetry (English)
Literature.

PR9346 / .P3 1998

896.1008