Category Archives: African literature

Second Burial

Posted on October 9, 2014 by admin

Among several West African ethnic people, death does not immediately entitle a person the status of ancestor. Traditionally there is a space of time between physical burial, which is quick, and the ceremonial burial that requires an established ritual, after … Continue reading →

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Both Sides

Posted on August 9, 2013 by admin

We are now in the season of departure and arrival (May-September), the season that marked the transatlantic trade in humans. It was a time when people were wrenched from their homes and communities, enslaved, forced to march to the coast, … Continue reading →

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Keorapetse Kgositsile and Brenda Marie Osbey at Brown University, April 2011

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin

This spring two premier poets, one from South Africa and one from the United States, exemplified the connection through word art of the Continent and the Americas. We were fortunate enough to obtain Charles Cobb’s introduction of them to the … Continue reading →

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