Publisher: Cissus World Press, USA
£23.00
About the author
Benjamin Kwakye is a Ghanaian novelist. His first novel, The Clothes of Nakedness, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers Prize, best first book, Africa. His second novel, The Sun by Night won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Best Book Africa. His third novel,The Other Crucifix won the 2011 IPPY Gold Award for Adult Multicultural Fiction. He is also the author of a collection of novellas, Eyes of the Slain Woman. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, he presently practices law and is a director of the African Education Initiative.
Review
“In a language which echoes no known poet’s, a voice so singular in
its unconventionality, and themes that capture the poet’s people’s
history and reality in spectacular images, Benjamin Kwakye’s Soul to
Song pioneers a fresh path in contemporary African poetry.”
Tanure Ojaide, Poet and Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
“LaTeef is an author/illustrator to watch… World folktale collections should welcome this beautifully illustrated volume.”
Kirkus Reviews