World renowned poets celebrate the life of Ken Saro-Wiwa in new anthology
WORLD RENOWNED POETS CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF KEN SARO-WIWA IN A NEW POETRY ANTHOLOGY
Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa
Title: Dance The Guns to Silence
Editors: Nii Ayikwei Parkes & Kadija Sesay
Publisher: Flipped Eye
Price: £5.99/$12.00
Extent:216 pp
ISBN: 1905233019
Publication Date:10 November 2005
As part of the Remember Saro-Wiwa campaign, African Writers Abroad (PEN) Centre commissioned Flipped Eye to publish an anthology of 100 poems to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa's and his comrades, known as the Ogoni 9 which took place on 10 November 1995. The anthology will be published on 10 November 2005.
Poets in the book include:
Celebrated Amiri Baraka, Kamau Brathwaite, Merle Collins, Jayne Cortez, Fred D'Aguiar, Kwame Dawes, Martín Espada, Linton Kwesi Johnson, E. Ethelbert Miller, Mutabaruka, Sonia Sanchez, Benjamin Zephaniah
Esteemed African poets living at home and abroad, including, Chris Abani, Syl Cheney Coker, Chenjerai Hove, Jack Mapanje, Odia Ofeimun, Tanure Ojiade, Niyi Osundare, Veronique Tadjo, Nnimmo Bassey
Renowned Kevin Powell, Staceyann Chin, Eva Salzman, Opal Palmer Adisa, Nathalie Handal, Merle Collins, Tony Medina, Sharan Strange, Geoffrey Philp, Kalamu ya Salaam, Sarah Maguire, Pascale Petit, Mario Petrucci, Nathalie Handal, Ruth Padel, Matthew Caley
Up and coming from the UK and US, BBC Africa 05 Writer in Residence, Rommi Smith, Steve Tasane, Heather Taylor, Choman Hardi, Rachel E. Griffiths, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Zena Edwards, and many more award winning poets and laureates
A heartfelt, tremendously moving and hugely powerful testimonial to a great man. Ken Saro-Wiwa would be both proud and exhilarated to have these poets speaking for him and for his enduring struggle. William Boyd
The title, Dance the Guns to Silence is taken from Saro-Wiwa's poem 'Dance', with a Foreword written by Ken Wiwa, Ken Saro-Wiwa's son with editorial advisory from the renowned Malawian poet, now living in Britain, Jack Mapanje. In the anthology are tributes to the Ogoni 9 as well as poems around the such themes as social and ecological justice and minority rights include poems on exile/displacement, war, peace, pollution; climate change; power, etc. The result is an anthology of strong and thoughtful poems, ranging from words of social consciousness to hard hitting images that tell moving stories. Book cover credit: We Wear Our Flesh like Flames, paper collage, 1999 by Theodore A. Harris.
Launch readings take place in London, England and Washington DC, USA plus other readings are taking place in England, USA and around the world. Please check www.remembersarowiwa.com for details. So far book reading events on 10 November will be taking place in New Zealand, Scotland, and possibly Los Angeles and Cyprus). You can also be put go on the remember saro-wiwa mailing list if you would like to be kept up to date with the campaign news. The book can be ordered from www.amazon.co.uk or visit www.flippedeye.net for alternative ways of purchasing the book. Royalties go to the Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation. Thank You.
Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa
Title: Dance The Guns to Silence
Editors: Nii Ayikwei Parkes & Kadija Sesay
Publisher: Flipped Eye
Price: £5.99/$12.00
Extent:216 pp
ISBN: 1905233019
Publication Date:10 November 2005
As part of the Remember Saro-Wiwa campaign, African Writers Abroad (PEN) Centre commissioned Flipped Eye to publish an anthology of 100 poems to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa's and his comrades, known as the Ogoni 9 which took place on 10 November 1995. The anthology will be published on 10 November 2005.
Poets in the book include:
Celebrated Amiri Baraka, Kamau Brathwaite, Merle Collins, Jayne Cortez, Fred D'Aguiar, Kwame Dawes, Martín Espada, Linton Kwesi Johnson, E. Ethelbert Miller, Mutabaruka, Sonia Sanchez, Benjamin Zephaniah
Esteemed African poets living at home and abroad, including, Chris Abani, Syl Cheney Coker, Chenjerai Hove, Jack Mapanje, Odia Ofeimun, Tanure Ojiade, Niyi Osundare, Veronique Tadjo, Nnimmo Bassey
Renowned Kevin Powell, Staceyann Chin, Eva Salzman, Opal Palmer Adisa, Nathalie Handal, Merle Collins, Tony Medina, Sharan Strange, Geoffrey Philp, Kalamu ya Salaam, Sarah Maguire, Pascale Petit, Mario Petrucci, Nathalie Handal, Ruth Padel, Matthew Caley
Up and coming from the UK and US, BBC Africa 05 Writer in Residence, Rommi Smith, Steve Tasane, Heather Taylor, Choman Hardi, Rachel E. Griffiths, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Zena Edwards, and many more award winning poets and laureates
A heartfelt, tremendously moving and hugely powerful testimonial to a great man. Ken Saro-Wiwa would be both proud and exhilarated to have these poets speaking for him and for his enduring struggle. William Boyd
The title, Dance the Guns to Silence is taken from Saro-Wiwa's poem 'Dance', with a Foreword written by Ken Wiwa, Ken Saro-Wiwa's son with editorial advisory from the renowned Malawian poet, now living in Britain, Jack Mapanje. In the anthology are tributes to the Ogoni 9 as well as poems around the such themes as social and ecological justice and minority rights include poems on exile/displacement, war, peace, pollution; climate change; power, etc. The result is an anthology of strong and thoughtful poems, ranging from words of social consciousness to hard hitting images that tell moving stories. Book cover credit: We Wear Our Flesh like Flames, paper collage, 1999 by Theodore A. Harris.
Launch readings take place in London, England and Washington DC, USA plus other readings are taking place in England, USA and around the world. Please check www.remembersarowiwa.com for details. So far book reading events on 10 November will be taking place in New Zealand, Scotland, and possibly Los Angeles and Cyprus). You can also be put go on the remember saro-wiwa mailing list if you would like to be kept up to date with the campaign news. The book can be ordered from www.amazon.co.uk or visit www.flippedeye.net for alternative ways of purchasing the book. Royalties go to the Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation. Thank You.
