A Selection of African poetry

K. E. Senanu, T. Vincent

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Poems by Abioseh Nicol, Soyinka, and JP Clark are great - the rest is a mixed bag. Read full review

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Title	A Selection of African poetry
Authors	K. E. Senanu, T. Vincent
Editor	K. E. Senanu
Contributors	K. E. Senanu, T. Vincent
Edition	reprint
Publisher	Longman, 1976
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	15 May 2008
ISBN	058260141X, 9780582601413
Length	224 pages
Subjects	Poetry › African Poetry / African

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