The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry


The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry is a 1984 poetry anthology edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier. It consists mainly of poems written in English and English translations of French or Portuguese poetry; poems written in African languages were included only in the authors' translations. The poems are arranged by the country of the poet, then by their date of birth. The following sections list the poets included in the collection.

[Angola]

[Benin] ([Dahomey])

  • Emile Ologoudou

[Cameroun]

Cape [Verde Islands">Cape Verde">Cape [Verde Islands]

Congo Republic">Republic of the Congo">Congo Republic

[Côte d'Ivoire]

Gambia">The Gambia">Gambia

[Ghana]

[Guinea]

[Kenya]

[Madagascar]

[Malawi]

[Mali]

[Mauretania]

[Mauritius]

[Mozambique]

[Nigeria]

San Tomé">São Tomé and Príncipe">San Tomé

[Senegal]

[Sierra Leone]

[South Africa]

[Uganda]

[Zaire]

  • Antoine-Rober Bolamba
  • Mukala Kadima-Nzuji

Zambia