This was fascinating to read, and made me realise that I know so very little about African writers per se, not just those in Angola! It's wonderful to read this poetry and so very good to have you collect it together here, along with such informative commentary.
Iβm so glad you enjoyed it! This is part of what I love about this project, learning about the writers and about so many countries that Iβm woefully ignorant about, some even that I thought I knew something about until I actually started reading about them with a focused intention.
Thank you for writing this piece. I'd read (recently) that publishers do not often publish African writers because they (publishers) claim that there's no market for literature in African, and I believe that prejudice is especially true of subsaharan Africa, but excludes, I presume, a few African nations such as Egypt, South Africa, Morocco.
Thank you for putting the time into researching and finding the poets on YouTube and elsewhere, and highlighting their work.
I find this whole project exciting. The different perspectives, approaches to writing. It does my heart and mind good even when the material is difficult. And there are a lot of countries in Africa, itβs a huge continent. That attitude of publishers stinks.
Simply incredible! Wonderful to meet the history and words of a such a deep poet, and in my mother language! Brazil and Angola share sad fates, that men imposed to us.
Lilian, this is such profoundly important work you are doing. I see the time and care you put into it, the high and noble sense of purpose in these posts. I hope you can collect them all some day for a book.
What a powerful, beautiful, and informative piece - and a lovely contribution to Black History Month. Curious - you mention you are Canadian, where are you from? I'm in the Beaver Valley, about 3 hours north of Toronto.
This was fascinating to read, and made me realise that I know so very little about African writers per se, not just those in Angola! It's wonderful to read this poetry and so very good to have you collect it together here, along with such informative commentary.
Iβm so glad you enjoyed it! This is part of what I love about this project, learning about the writers and about so many countries that Iβm woefully ignorant about, some even that I thought I knew something about until I actually started reading about them with a focused intention.
Thank you for writing this piece. I'd read (recently) that publishers do not often publish African writers because they (publishers) claim that there's no market for literature in African, and I believe that prejudice is especially true of subsaharan Africa, but excludes, I presume, a few African nations such as Egypt, South Africa, Morocco.
Thank you for putting the time into researching and finding the poets on YouTube and elsewhere, and highlighting their work.
I find this whole project exciting. The different perspectives, approaches to writing. It does my heart and mind good even when the material is difficult. And there are a lot of countries in Africa, itβs a huge continent. That attitude of publishers stinks.
Simply incredible! Wonderful to meet the history and words of a such a deep poet, and in my mother language! Brazil and Angola share sad fates, that men imposed to us.
Your mother tongue! Oh, that is so cool! That's what I love about substack--that we can meet here--and yes, Brazil and Angola. π€
This was riveting and eye opening, thank you!
So glad!
Lilian, this is such profoundly important work you are doing. I see the time and care you put into it, the high and noble sense of purpose in these posts. I hope you can collect them all some day for a book.
Thank you so much Beth! What a wonderful idea π
so informational! thank you for posting. :)
Iβm so glad you enjoyed it!
What a powerful, beautiful, and informative piece - and a lovely contribution to Black History Month. Curious - you mention you are Canadian, where are you from? I'm in the Beaver Valley, about 3 hours north of Toronto.
Thank you! That warmed my heart. π₯° I'm in Toronto! So not that far.
Oh yay! Thanks so much for sharing the link π
Omg just watched that made me cry
Awww that is so nice to hear. π