Night of My Blood
Reading this book of poetry in memory & honor of Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor, who was killed this past week during the Nariobi mall attack. (The Washington Post obituary is here.)
Here is a PBS interview with his nephew (also a poet) in which his nephew reads one of Awoonor's most famous poems, The Weaver Bird.
Here is a PBS interview with his nephew (also a poet) in which his nephew reads one of Awoonor's most famous poems, The Weaver Bird.