Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Dance The Guns Enters amazon.co.uk Top 500

Dance the Guns to Silence, the anthology of 100 poems dedicated to the life and struggle of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 8, with cotributions from literary heavyweights such as Jack Mapanje, Sonia Sanchez, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Ruth Padel and Amiri Baraka, has entered the top 500 for all poetry books listed on amazon.co.uk. It is expected to break into the top 100 by the end of this week following mentions in The Guardian and Time Out. To help raise the ranking, visit amazon.co.uk and purchase the book. Dance the Guns to Silence is edited by Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Kadijja Sesay with editorial advice from Jack Mapanje.