Preliminary list Best New African Poets 2017 Anthology

Preliminary list of BNAP 2017

Shermain Mannah, South africa: Women and Struggle (4 haikus)
Abubakar Bappa, Nigeria: FULL OF IRONIES
Agbabiaka,Tariq O, Nigeria: Untold Stories
Akhona Mlenga, South Africa: BEING BLACK
Akhona Mlenga, South Africa: LAY ON MY BOSOM
Akor Emmanuel Oche, Nigeria: Elegy for a Dying Warrior
Akor Emmanuel Oche, Nigeria: Finding Home in Six Broken Definitions
Alade Toheeb Oluwatoyin, Nigeria: ANCESTRAL FETTERS
Amani Nsemwa, Tanzania: SECRET LOVER
Amara Sesay, Seira leorne/Nigeria: Farting
Amara Sesay, Sierra leorne/Nigeria: this poem shall not die again
Amina Aboje, Nigeria: Sea Waves
Amina Aboje, Nigeria: Lost
Andrew Nyongesa, Kenya: Tick
Andrew Nyongesa, Kenya: At the Junction
Andrew Nyongesa, Kenya: Nationalism
Anene Anne, Kenya: WEDLOCK
Arja Salafranca, South Africa: Hearing yesterday’s thoughts
Arja Salafranca, South Africa: On the Gautrain
Arja Salafranca, South Africa: You will know me when I’m a little worn
AWUSA NEBAFOR BEVEN, Cameroon: Stirring times
Ayomide Odewumi Mitchelle, Nigeria: Voices
Babajide Michael Olusegun, Nigeria: 2 African Haiku
Beaton Galafa, Malawi: The Humming Bird
Beloved Maridzanyere, Zimbabwe: POET SPEAK!
Biola Olatunde, Nigeria: When we met
Biola Olatunde, Nigeria: HE LISTENED
Brighton Muponda, Zimbabwe: I am the Poet
Busisiwe Mahlangu, South Africa: IF YOUR FATHER WAS A NIGHTMARE
Busisiwe Mahlangu, South Africa: FATHERS WHO ARE WATER
Butho Nkosi, Zimbabwe: Bullet holes in her soul
Catherine Boulle, South A frica: State of living
Catherine Boulle, South Africa: Indulgences
Cherret Leakey Ndiwa, Kenya/Taiwan: African Politician
Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, Nigeria: A Vanishing World
Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, Nigeria: Our Home
Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, Nigeria: News
DADA DARE BABATUNDE, Nigeria: UMKHOSI woMHLANGA
Daisy May, South Africa: The Uniqueness of Being
Daisy May, South Africa: The lessons learned from books
Daisy May, South Africa: Bleed
Dorcas Wairuri Maina, Kenya: BLISS
Eke Christiana Onyinyechi, Nigeria: EARTH’S INTERCOURSE
Eke Christiana Onyinyechi, Nigeria: WE CAN SEE THE FUTURE
Eke Christiana Onyinyechi, Nigeria: ECHOES OF TEARS
Elemide Benjamin, Nigeria: MY SCARS
Elemide Benjamin, Nigeria: MOVEMENT
Gabla Godwin, Ghana: A LETTER TO MY MOTHER
Grace Amina Okoliko, Nigeria: Bellows of a maimed fellow
Gugulethu Radebe, South Africa: Loss
Ifeoluwa Ayandele, Nigeria: Painting Home
Jambiya, South Africa: Along the Amstel
Jambiya, South Africa: A Rebels Cause
Jephtha Odiwuor Oketch, Kenya: I MET PARADOX
Jephtha Odiwuor Oketch, Kenya: I’M CHRISTIAN AND BLACK
Jovita Ekene Nwanesi, Nigeria: Have you ever tasted a raw Poem?
Joyce Nawiri Mango, Kenya: MY CHOCOLATE SKIN
Kirsten Miller, South Africa: For the Jester
Kirsten Miller, South Africa: For the Novelist
Kirsten Miller, South Africa: For the Poet
Lazola Pambo, South Africa: Albino
Lemeeze Davids, South Africa: The Botanical Sketches
Lemeeze Davids, South Africa: Forward
Ludo Natefo Chalashika, Botswana: Mothers.
Ludo Natefo Chalashika, Botswana: A movement of colour.
Ludo Natefo Chalashika, Botswana: Wallflower
Lule Raymond, Uganda: BODY OF THORNS
Lule Raymond, Uganda: NO WAY THROUGH
Lule Raymond, Uganda: THREE PEOPLE CAN SIT AT A TABLE
Lusajo Kalangali, Tanzania: ARE WE HOGS?
Macpherson Okpara, Nigeria: The Gambia
Madu Chisom Kingdavid, Nigeria: The Libyan Boy
Madu Chisom Kingdavid, Nigeria: Sahara and Water Chronicles
Madu Chisom Kingdavid, Nigeria: Long Trek In Agadez
Maren Bodenstein, South Africa: Refugee
Mercy Gerald Chang'a, Tanzania: HOME IS HOME
Mfon Etina Etina, Nigeria: OUR SUNRISE TALE
MUJTABA S. ABUBAKAR, Nigeria: VIRGIN WHITE
Mzomuhle Mkhabela, Swaziland: I SURRENDER ALL
Nadine Suliaman, South Africa: Born Free
Nalukenge Mugabi Patsy, Uganda: AS SILLY AS HONESTY
Nalukenge Mugabi Patsy, Uganda: DEAR CHEM(ICAL)
Ndongolera C. Mwangupili, Malawi: The Genesis
Ndongolera C. Mwangupili, Malawi: Un-development Treaty of Africa
Njabulo Katleho Dlamini, South Africa: Africa
Notsile nkambule, Swaziland: RUN AFRICA, RUN AFRICA
Nsubuga Ishaka, Uganda: DOVE LOVE
TWO APART, Zimbabwe: DEAR EX
Ogunkoya Samuel, Nigeria: IBADAN CORPER
Oka Benard Osahon, Nigeria: SEASONS OF HOME
Olabode Olanrewaju ‘R.’, Nigeria: THE RICH GARDEN
Olawale Ibiyemi, Nigeria: many men
Olawale Ibiyemi, Nigeria: these memories are not mine
Olawale Ibiyemi, Nigeria: Lyric of Death
Oyoo Mboya, Kenya: Birthed and Bruised
Oyoo Mboya, Kenya: Ocean of Sand
Ravona Naidoo, South Africa: To be African
Raymond Abiona, Nigeria: US
Raymond Abiona, Nigeria: HOME.
Raymond Abiona, Nigeria: BEGIN.
Reuben Kehinde Akano, Nigeria: For the Talakawa poet @70
Reuben Kehinde Akano, Nigeria: Our Avatar
Reuben Kehinde Akano, Nigeria: Refrains of Orunmila
Riak Marial Riak, South Sudan: Heart that leaks
Riak Marial Riak, South Sudan: Tomorrow when I move
Richard Inya, Nigeria: LIVE FOR TOMORROW
Richard Inya, Nigeria: BURNING
Richard Inya, Nigeria: SCATTERED
Richard Mbuthia, Kenya: Empty Yourself
Richard Mbuthia, Kenya: I refuse to be cowed
Safiya Hamza Jibrin, Nigeria: Sakun Lalle
Safiya Hamza Jibrin, Nigeria: The Invaders
Samuel Nyachiro Kegwaro, Kenya: My Neighbourhood
Serugga Rodney William, Uganda: Sailor
Solomon Bright Dankwa, Ghana: KEEP WALKING
Solomon Iguanre, Nigeria: TEARFUL LIQUID
Solomon Iguanre, Nigeria: LET ME A BABY BE
Songeziwe Mahlangu, South Africa: eBhofolo
Sophia Obi-Apoko, Nigeria: Oloibiri
Sophia Obi-Apoko, Nigeria: Mask
Sophia Obi-Apoko, Nigeria: Echoes in the Heart
Success Akpojotor, Nigeria: x is God
Success Akpojotor, Nigeria: The Fifth Estate
Tiwaladeoluwa Adekunle, Nigeria: mother tongue
Tiwaladeoluwa Adekunle, Nigeria: Self-Portraits in Water
Tola Ijalusi, Nigeria: USHER AFRICA
Toyin SHITTU, Nigeria: Celebrating death of our tongues
Toyota M. Safari, Uganda/Ethiopia: AT LEAST WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
Tracy Pinky Fundira, Zimbabwe: AFRICAN WOMAN!
Tracy Pinky Fundira, Zimbabwe: SO WHAT IF YOU LOVE ME?
Tsitsi S.A. Sachikonye, Zimbabwe: Refugees
Tsitsi S.A. Sachikonye, Zimbabwe: Heart-sick
Tumelo Mogotsi, Botswana: Women like you and me
Tumelo Mogotsi, Botswana: Kisses from married men
Usman Danjuma Osu, Nigeria: CRUCIFY THE RAFT
Usman Danjuma Osu, Nigeria: THE DREAMER
Usman Danjuma Osu, Nigeria: ANOTHER RESOLVE
Yaweh Samuel Kabanda, Uganda: SHAMMAH PART I
Zandile Siphamandla Mdluli, Swaziland, A dying love
Kwaku Dade, Ghana: FLY FREE
Adeyemi Daramola, Nigeria: Dare We, Africans!
Adeyemi Daramola, Nigeria: How Dare You, An African Child?
ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ, South Africa: BRINGING FORTH
ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ, South Africa: No doubt
ALLAN KOLSKI HORWITZ, South Africa: BOXING DAY BLUES IN BELLEVUE EAST
Anton Krueger, South Africa: My Sister Sonia
Anton Krueger, South Africa: Uncle Noodle
Anton Krueger, South Africa: …seraphine…
Bolutife, Nigeria: Plunging into the dark night
Bolutife, Nigeria:Plunging into the dark night II
FETHI SASSI, Tunisia: As the rose night that know me
FETHI SASSI, Tunisia: Kid of lightning
Maryam Gatawa, Nigeria: SILVER NIGHT
Maryam Gatawa, Nigeria: VANITY
Maryam Gatawa, Nigeria: BLACK WOMAN
archie swanson, South Africa:  bag lady
Abigail George, South Africa: Woman with the graceful neck
Badradeen Mohammed, Sudan/UK: Sitting on the ruins of memory
Chenjerai Mhondera, Zimbabwe:  I SEE YOU
CHIGBU, GODSWILL UCHECHUKWU, Nigeria: BOMB BLESSED
Eniola Olaosebikan, Nigeria: Me in the mirror.
Lucas Zulu, South Africa: Things I never told you
Ntensibe Joseph, Uganda: THE RAIN GODDESS
NURENI Ibrahim, Nigeria: … inside the iroko trees
Olisaemeka Gerald Njoku, Nigeria:  LOVE
Roy Venketsamy, South Africa: BEAUTY LIES WITHIN
Sibusiso Ernest Masilela, South Africa: Peace in a war
Tembi Charles, Zimbabwe/USA; Once a Village but No More
Wafula p'Khisa, Kenya: Road to Canaan
Yugo Gabriel Egboluche, Nigeria: Star Gazing
Kariuki wa Nyamu, Kenya: That would be very hard for us!
Dr. Odewumi Joy O, Nigeria: Quiet!
Akpa Arinzechukwu, Nigeria:  Unwanted
Akpa Arinzechukwu, Nigeria:  Grammar Lesson for My Little Nephew
Akpa Arinzechukwu, Nigeria:  This is Not Meditation – a Eulogy
Chaun Ballard, USA: Ghazal
Christine Coates, South Africa:  Dreaming of Soccer
Dennis Brad Kunguru, Kenya: Tell me
Fiona Khan, South Africa: We are the Children
Karin Van Wyk, South Africa: African Woman
Matthew Hartdegen, South Africa: Losing the healing
Matthew Hartdegen, South Africa: As you dance
Matthew Hartdegen, South Africa: Do the buds ever?
Alexander Opicho, Kenya: Knowledge Oases
Paul Zietsman South Africa: The Monster Becomes Knight
Sarah Lubalo, DRC/ South Africa: Errant Thoughts On Being a Refugee
Sarah Lubalo, DRC/ South Africa: Portrait of a Girl at the Border Wall
Sarah Lubalo, DRC/ South Africa: Notes on Black Death and Elegy
Vincent Edward Manda, UK: African Desert Stars
Patron Henekou, Togo: Look, you are noT a Sphinx!
Nsah Mala, Cameroon: HUMANS FOR OR AGAINST HUMANS?
Nsah Mala, Cameroon: BUHSE
Saka Aliyu, Nigeria: Afọkansi
Saka Aliyu, Nigeria: Labẹ AjaUnder the Awning
Saka Aliyu, Nigeria: Suurulere
Mildred Jaricha, Zimbabwe: KODA KUYEDZA  
Mildred Jaricha, Zimbabwe: MUNOONEI SEKURU    
Oscar Gwiriri, Zimbabwe: Mutatsi
Oscar Gwiriri, Zimbabwe: Mabiko
Oscar Gwiriri, Zimbabwe: Ndokunyora!
Mojalefa Samson Mlambo, South Africa: Mokwadi
Mojalefa Samson Mlambo, South Africa: Semakaleng
Mojalefa Samson Mlambo, South Africa: Mma-Lefatshe
NWACHUKWU EMMANUEL, Nigeria: OJINWAYO
Monica Owoko, Kenya: MASIRA KINDAKI
Mof’Oluwawo O MojolaOluwa, Nigeria: OMONIYI
ADJEI AGYEI-BAAH , Ghana: Man of the Millennium
ADJEI AGYEI-BAAH , Ghana: America
Alexander Vicent Mushi, Tanzania: USILIE MAMA
Hannes Koekemoer, South Africa: n Man soos my Pa
Hannes Koekemoer, South Africa: Is ekdannoggoed Christen Heer
Hannes Koekemoer, South Africa: Vroue
Sydney Haile Saize, Zimbabwe: ODE FROM A MILITANT PATRIOT
Sydney Haile Saize, Zimbabwe: HIS OPEN LETTER TO THE PUBLIC
Mbizo Chirasha, Zimbabwe: MADAME (satire)
Philani Amadeus Nyoni, Zimbabwe: HELL's FUGITIVES
WILSON WILSON, Zimbabwe: DIS GRACE
WILSON WILSON, Zimbabwe: Shipwreck
NYASHADZASHE CHIKUMBU, Zimbabwe: SOCIAL CH-A-I-N-S
NYASHADZASHE CHIKUMBU, Zimbabwe: VOICES
Blessing .T.Masenga, Zimbabwe: THEIR TRUE TESTIMONY IS UPON THEIR OWN EPITAPHS                            
Blessing .T.Masenga, Zimbabwe: HARVEST OF THORNS
E.H. Langeveldt, Zimbabwe: The DANCE WITH A DEVIL
Silibaziso SK .Chuka , Zimbabwe: UNDERWEAR
Silibaziso SK .Chuka , Zimbabwe: NOW I SHALL SPEAK
S Kojo Frimpong, Ghana: THE OLD EFFIG
Neeli Cherkovski, USA: I WANT TO BE A DEAD POET
Barbara Mhangami, Zimbabwe/USA:  MAY FIRE CONSUME YOU!
Best New African Poets 2016 collaboration: As her children fight for her breath
Best New African Poets 2016 collaboration: Was African Renaissance a rebirth of humanity?
Best New African Poets 2016 collaboration: I Am Only Human
Alain 5 Ba’aba, Cameroon: Textes
Chris Makanda, DRC: La Jeunesse
Wankanganzau Gaflas, Angola: Meu Kamba fiel Jesus
Armel Mbida, Cameroun: Poema I
Armel Mbida, Cameroun: Poema II
Armel Mbida, Cameroun: Africa
Branca Clara Nunes, Angola: Poema I
Branca Clara Nunes, Angola: Poema II
Branca Clara Nunes, Angola: Luto
Vicente Ricalo, Cabo Verde/Cuba: Um mar, duas ilhas
Maria Azancot de Menezes, São Tomé/Angola/Portugal: Recado sobre São Tomé
Maria Azancot de Menezes, São Tomé/Angola/Portugal: Que fera ma promesse
Prince Dengha: Congo Brazzaville/Italie: Le peuple…Africain
Prince Dengha: Congo Brazzaville/Italie: L’unions… fait la forcé
Rubens de Souza Fernandes, Angola/Brasil: Da escravidão ao voto cidadão
Mavenda Nuni y’Áfrika, Angola: Água da fonte
Lorna Telma Zita, Moçambique: Ingrato
Lorna Telma Zita, Moçambique: Aprendi
Lorna Telma Zita, Moçambique: Mamã
Raoul Djimeli, Cameroun: Poem I
Raoul Djimeli, Cameroun: Poem II
Raoul Djimeli, Cameroun: Poem III
Nouhr-Dine AKONDO, Togo: Absurdes Terreures
Nouhr-Dine AKONDO, Togo: Nucléaire
Nouhr-Dine AKONDO, Togo: Paix Oligarque
Max Axel Bounda, Gabon: Quand je serai grand
Wilton dos Zicas, Moçambique: Madjonidjone
Wilton dos Zicas, Moçambique: Rosto Mais Que Perfeito
Job Sipitali, Angola: …O mito da cor…
Job Sipitali, Angola: …Inércia…
Job Sipitali, Angola: …A gramática e a Zungueira…
Arlindo Mendonça, Cabo Verde: Cabo Verde
Lobitino Almeida N’gola, Angola/Portugal: Negro-Rubra
Lobitino Almeida N’gola, Angola/Portugal: Destempo
Lobitino Almeida N’gola, Angola/Portugal: Lobito
Talia Loemba-Bouity, Congo Brazzaville/ Italie: La saison des roses rouges
Talia Loemba-Bouity, Congo Brazzaville/ Italie: Le Business de la peur
Talia Loemba-Bouity, Congo Brazzaville/ Italie: La Franco-Faux-Lie
Timba Bema, Cameroun/Suisse:  La femme du chemin
Timba Bema, Cameroun/Suisse:  Être personne
Timba Bema, Cameroun/Suisse:  Prière à l’oubliée
Mutume Reis Manjate, Moçambique: Romantismo Selvagem
Mutume Reis Manjate, Moçambique: P-R-I-M-A-V-E-R-A
Juan Riochí Siafá, Guiné Equatiorale/ Espagne: Voyage en bateau
Juan Riochí Siafá, Guiné Equatiorale/ Espagne: Exilé
Juan Riochí Siafá, Guiné Equatiorale/ Espagne: Mes origines
AGBEMELE Kodjo, Togo: Mea-Culpa
AGBEMELE Kodjo, Togo: J’ai vu
AGBEMELE Kodjo, Togo: Chez-moi
Gabriel Sanpêra, Angola/Brasil: O bebê preto no boabá
Gabriel Sanpêra, Angola/Brasil: Café
Magno Domingos, Angola: Querido Tirano
Magno Domingos, Angola: A sentença da insensatez
Magno Domingos, Angola: Preciso ser gente outra vez
Ibrahim Aquila, RDC/Uganda: J’arrive
Ibrahim Aquila, RDC/Uganda: Une bougie
Ibrahim Aquila, RDC/Uganda: Enfant d’Afrique
Luciano Canhanga, Angola: À Pedra
Luciano Canhanga, Angola: Poeta Farrapo
Luciano Canhanga, Angola: Mãe invisual
Evanilson S. de Almeida, Angola/Brasil: Tambores D’Africa
Evanilson S. de Almeida, Angola/Brasil: Musa Iemanjá Capitu – Tieta
Evanilson S. de Almeida, Angola/Brasil: Livro Negro
Catia Solange da Silva, Angola: Squizzing you
Hilton Daniel, Angola: É-me escudo
Hilton Daniel, Angola: O meu medo
Hilton Daniel, Angola: Há’inda brilho nas velas
Domingos Cupa, Angola: No hope at all
Domingos Cupa, Angola: No teu adeus
Domingos Cupa, Angola: Ainda que…
Agostinho Bote Vunda, Angola: Mulher
Etchri Efoé Koffi Essénam, Togo: Mon Afrique
Etchri Efoé Koffi Essénam, Togo: Fil du peril
Etchri Efoé Koffi Essénam, Togo: Sanglots
Nsah Mala, Cameroun: Dans le mains du doute
Daniel da Purificação, Angola/ México: Poema I
Daniel da Purificação, Angola/ México: Poema II
Daniel da Purificação, Angola/ México: Poema III
Tendai R Mwanaka, Zimbabwe: Water is Life