African Poetry -4

In this volume 4, we are glad to resume our Literary Chat on the current landscape of African poetry and the social conditions of its cross national existence. In our Critical Studies readers will find the idea of feminism in The Lianja epic of the Mongo of Congo an insightful examination of motherhood and matriarchal relations in many parts of Africa. Many entries here clearly indicate that the aesthetic merit and artistic resolve of the period will always challenge and delight every comer to the poetry of modern Africa and her ever-near Diaspora.