In 1761, a young girl crossed the Atlantic on a slave ship. Captured in West Africa and transported to Boston, where she was enslaved by John and Susanna Wheatley. They named her Phillis, after the ...
Ocean Manuscript poem by Phillis Wheatley, 1773. Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American ...
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South African poet, storyteller, publisher, editor and activist Diana Ferrus (1953-2026) received a provincial funeral when she passed on 30 January.Ferrus came to embody the resilience of women ...
In April, Okri will publish across the US his collection of poetry entitled: A Fire in My Head. In the poem ‘Africa Is a Reality Not Seen‘ Okri describes the continent as “a dream not understood.” ...
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Phillis Wheatley: The first African American poet to publish a book
Phillis Wheatley-Peters was kidnapped as a child from West Africa and sold into slavery in Boston. Despite systemic ...
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