Africa in Dialogue published an e-book of interviews with the ten poets shortlisted for the 2017 Brunel Poetry Prize. The interviews were conducted by the Website’s editor, Gaamangwe Joy Mogami, and were published in collaboration with Praxis Magazine. We are republishing a few of them. DOWNLOAD: Africa in Dialogue Interviews the Brunel Prize Shortlist Kechi Nomu was born in 1987. […]
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Body Parts | By Kechi Nomu | Poetry
In the ruins, I never account for the missing body parts. Never turn a body over. To do this is to count the dreams on a face. I always speak about the forms of darkness I carry into these rooms. I want to tell you always why a carnage of blood is the measurement […]
Brunel International Poetry Prize Unveils 2017 Shortlist of Ten
Ten poets have been named on the 2017 shortlist of Brunel University’s International African Poetry Prize. The announcement was made in a statement published on the official website of the prize. The £3,000 prize, co-sponsored by Commonwealth Writers, is in its fifth year and is “aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa.” […]
Seven Letters to a Poet From Another Time | by Kechi Nomu | A Poem
I Art will not survive in a house like this… II A dictator sits on a terrace chair and considers the years; he lets the soothing Shabaz wash over him and the forgiveness of wine III A poet awakens from the third reverie and puts Cohen’s Tower of Songs on repeat IV And thinks of […]
African Writing on Solitude | Saraba’s Latest Issue is Available for Download
The weekend is almost here and we know you’re looking for something to read. Saraba Magazine has a new collection of prose and poetry worth checking out. It’s fresh of the press, so feel free to relish in the thought you that are one of the first set of readers. Download the collection HERE. It’s free! […]
Urban Mornings for People Who Have Nowhere to Go | by Kechi Nomu | A Poem
On a morning in June after it has rained all night, it is easier to hear everything: distant and repeated hammerings, birdsong, a ticking clock with the insisting seconds, the urgency of lizards on a roof, the road. If you held the tilt of the glass in your hand, one third full like a fluid […]
I hold a doctorate in English from Duke University and recently joined the Marquette University English faculty as an Assistant Professor. I love teaching African fiction and contemporary British novels. Brittle Paper is the virtual space/station where I play and experiment with ideas on how to reinvent African fiction and literary culture.
