African Poetry

Dialogues Poet 

Our Collective Body Remembers: A Dialogue with Jumoke Verissimo

June 12, 2026June 14, 2026 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, Award-winning Literature, Canada, Circumtrauma, Coach House Books, diaspora, featured, Jumoke Verissimo, Nigeria, Nigeria-Biafra war, Nigerian Poet, nigerian writer

OUR COLLECTIVE BODY REMEMBERS A DIALOGUE WITH JUMOKE VERISSIMO Jumoke Verissimo is a poet and novelist living in Toronto. She

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Dialogues Poet 

Fragile Distance amid a World of Woundedness: A Dialogue with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

April 13, 2026April 14, 2026 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, Brave & Brilliant, featured, Nigeria-Biafra war, Nigerian Poet, Poetry, poetry collection, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, University of Calgary Press, We Survived Until We Could Live

FRAGILE DISTANCE AMID A WORLD OF WOUNDEDNESS A DIALOGUE WITH UCHECHUKWU PETER UMEZURIKE Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is assistant professor in

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Dialogues Multi-disciplinary 

The Finesse of Finding Balance: A Dialogue with Feyisayo Anjorin

December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 africaindialogue 0 Comments African Fiction, african film, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, African Storytelling, African Writers, featured, filmmaker, multidisciplinary artist, Nigeria, nigerian artist, Poet, short stories from africa, South Africa

the Finesse of finding balance A DIALOGUE WITH FEYISAYO ANJORIN Feyisayo Anjorin trained as a broadcaster at Damelin College, Bramley,

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Dialogues Poet 

The Byproduct of a Congolese Tale: A Dialogue with Laurène

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 africaindialogue 1 Comment Africa, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, Austria, Congo, Congolese Poet, curation, diaspora, DRC, featured, Interview, Laurène, Poet, Poetry

the byproduct of a congolese tale A DIALOGUE WITH LAURÈNE Laurène is a writer of Congolese heritage. From the age

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Dialogues Poet 

Resuscitating & Reclaiming Alternate Wisdoms: A Dialogue with Vuyokazi Ngemntu

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, african writer, featured, multidisciplinary artist, Poetry, South African artists, South African poet, south african writer, Speculative Fiction, Vuyokazi Ngemntu

RESUSCITATING & RECLAIMING ALTERNATE WISDOMS A DIALOGUE WITH VUYOKAZI NGEMNTU Vuyokazi Ngemntu is a writer and performer whose praxis uses

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Dialogues Poet 

Cultivating the Writer Self: A Dialogue with Nica Cornell

October 10, 2023October 11, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, African Storytelling, debut, debut poetry collection, diaspora, featured, literary magazine, Mwanaka Media and Publishing, Nica Cornell, Poet, Poetry, poetry collection, published, South Africa, South African poet

CULTIVATING THE WRITER SELF A DIALOGUE WITH NICA CORNELL Nica Cornell is a South African writer, with her Honours in

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Dialogues Poet 

Sated Ears & Sanctified Lines: A Dialogue with Nick Mulgrew

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african authors, african literary magazine, African Literature, African Poetry, african storytellers, African Storytelling, African Writers, Davina Philomena Kawuma, featured, Nick Mulgrew, Poet, Poetry, South Africa, South African poet, uHlanga Press

SATED EARS & SANCTIFIED LINES A DIALOGUE WITH NICK MULGREW Nick Mulgrew was born in Durban in 1990. He is

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2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize Dialogues 

The Fictional Character as a Teacher: A Dialogue with Howard Meh-Buh Maximus

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Poetry, african short stories, African Writers, Afritondo Short Story Prize, Award-winning Fiction, Award-winning Literature, Davina Philomena Kawuma, fiction, Howard Meh-Buh Maximus, Interview Magazine, Interview Series

THE FICTIONAL CHARACTER AS A TEACHER A DIALOGUE WITH HOWARD MEH-BUH MAXIMUS Howard Meh-Buh Maximus is a Cameroonian writer and

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2022 Isele Poetry Prize Dialogues 

A Kind of Haunting: A Dialogue with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

April 27, 2023March 11, 2026 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Isele Poetry Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Poetry, African Writers, Award-winning Literature, Award-winning poetry, contemporary poetry, Davina Philomena Kawuma, Interview Magazine, Interview Series, The Isele Poetry Prize, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

A KIND OF HAUNTING A DIALOGUE WITH UCHECHUKWU PETER UMEZURIKE Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is an assistant professor in the Department

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Dialogues Novelist 

The Historical Roots of a Landscape: A Dialogue with Bridget Pitt

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african authors, African Fiction, african literary magazine, African Literature, African Nonfiction, African Novel, African Poetry, african storytellers, African Storytelling, African Writers, Bridget Pitt, Commonwealth Writers, featured, fiction, historical fiction, historical novel, Kris Van der Bijl, Novelist, Novels, Prose

THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF A LANDSCAPE A DIALOGUE WITH BRIDGET PITT Bridget Pitt is a South African author and environmental activist

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