There's no one thing that makes a poem African American, says poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, "other than what makes a baby black is his mother or father." But the chance to celebrate a rich ...

Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite African Leadership Group head Papa Dia opens his "Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges" event to create a poem about unity in Aurora. July 1, 2023. The organization’s ...

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South African poetry, rich with history, has long been an underappreciated cornerstone of the country’s cultural landscape. But a new free-to-access digital archive is helping change that.

This poem captures the depth of the African American experience, tracing it back to the earliest civilizations, and ...

When an English professor at the University of Texas at Arlington assigned his students to look for some of the poems of first published African American poet Jupiter Hammon, he couldn’t poss… ...

Director Ava DuVernay included the poem, recited by actors Don Cheadle and David Oyelowo, in a short film she created for the 2016 opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American ...

A captivating performance by acclaimed Jamaican writer and poet Dr Natalie Corthésy highlighted Poetry in the Park, an event organised by the P J Patterson Institute for African-Caribbean ...

The 100 Best African American Poems (*but I cheated) offers 116 poems — 16 more than the title promises. "You have to cheat," says Giovanni, unapologetically.

One of those new voices belongs to Major Jackson, who has a poem in The 100 Best African American Poems (*but I cheated). "It's a gorgeous house to be in," says the 42-year-old poet.