As part of the Remember Saro-Wiwa campaign, this anthology marks the 10th anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s killing on 10 November 1995 with 100 poems from around the world. With a foreword by Ken Wiwa. 200pp, UK. FLIPPED EYE PUBLISHING LTD.

This collection of Chris Abani’s longer poems, some previously published, the majority new, displays his astonishing energy, beauty of expression and range of reference to contemporary life, history, art and literature. 196pp, UK. PEEPAL TREE.

An epic poetic narrative exploring the author's dual experiences of culture and unravelling his Yoruba and English intellectual inheritances. BNS, 88pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS LIMITED. 978039060X

First published in 1982, this collection of thirty-six poems form a kaleidoscope of the Nigerian condition, written largely in Pidgin English. Notes on the poems provide a context for language, interpreting the idiom, giving local cultural context, and some explanation of events which illuminates the poems. 60pp, NIGERIA. HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL BOOKS NIGERIA.

Fourth collection of poems by one of the new generation of Nigerian poets. Maria Ajima is a former President of Women Writers of Nigeria. 220pp, NIGERIA. APEX BOOKS.

Dominated by the presence of a beautiful, dignified womanhood that is tough but loving, giving and grateful, Amadiume's poems peel off layers of time to reveal memories that refuse to dissipate. A celebratory voice singing the beauty of autumn colours and the magic of Africa's star-studded sky and moonlit night is interlaced with a strong, unyielding moral voice that speaks against the justice and bullying of the powerful and the pillage and greed of empire. 64pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

This new collection contains poems written intermittently from the 1980s to the present, celebrating activism and activists, known and unknown, women and men, and the spirit of struggle. 88pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Written during the Nigerian Civil War, the poet communicates through his work, the feelings of `the wasted generation'. Gloss, xvii, 147pp, USA. NSIBIDI AFRICANA PUBLISHERS, 0972224157

2002 Paperback

An autobiographical collection of work by a young Nigerian poet. 86pp, USA. NSIBIDI AFRICANA PUBLISHERS, 0972224106

A powerful collection of poetry communicating the African-American experience. xiv, 92pp, USA. NSIBIDI AFRICANA PUBLISHERS, 0972224122

Another poetic autobiography by a young poet of visual and linguistic powers. viii, 70pp, USA. NSIBIDI AFRICANA PUBLISHERS, 0972224114

Using the medium of rap, the poet transmits images of modern life and responsibility. x, 50pp, USA. NSIBIDI AFRICANA PUBLISHERS, 0972224130

The first book of poetry by one Nigeria's upcoming young writers. 90pp, USA. NSIBIDI AFRICANA PUBLISHERS, 0972224173

An African Eclipse, Full Moon and Millennial appear together in this collection of the Ce’s poetry. 256pp, NIGERIA. HANDEL BOOKS.

Twenty poems, in both Igbo and English., confronting the realities of life for many Nigerian women: their aspirations and their experiences as mothers, widows, heroines, sexually abused and battered women. 164pp, NIGERIA. UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Anthology in memory of Okogbule Wonodi, the first published Ikwerre poet, as well as a college principal, lecturer, university administrator, company manager, newspaper publisher, mayor of Port Harcourt, president of a rotary club and a traditional ruler. The contributors include: Tanure Ojaide, Lupenga Mphande, Elechi Amadi, Dike Okoro, Tijan Sallah, Frank Chipasula and Timothy Wangusa. With a foreword by Elechi Amadi 120pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Collection of work by a Nigerian poet. 71pp, UK. UGO INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS, 0954105206

New volume of poems from the Nigerian poet and academic. 120pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION PUBLISHING CO.LTD, 9781564652

Records some of the new generation of Nigerian poets between the years 1998 and 2008, including Enekwe, Ce, Raji, Onwudinjo, Adeoti, Chylekezi, Adegoke, Bassey and Ushie. 220pp, NIGERIA. HANDEL BOOKS.

Winner of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Poetry Prize for 2004. 106pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS LIMITED.

The poet was a frontline student leader in the early '80s and is a lawyer and civil rights activist. This is his first collection of poetry and deals with politics, art, and love. It won the 1993 Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize. First published by Kraft Books (Nigeria). 66pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

The sharply-observed cadences of Nigerian rural life; the cry of a baby; the encroaching metal lines of a Shell oil pipe. Ogaga Ifowodo sings a tapestry of the Niger Delta. The unfolding carnage in his native Niger Delta provides a frame from which he seeks to mine meaning from the absurd. 70pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

56 poems exploring the African past by a Nigerian poet with two previous published anthologies. 72pp, USA. iUNIVERSE.COM, INC.

2004 0595312039 Paperback

68 poems exploring the African present by a Nigerian poet living in Senegal. 88pp. UK. WRITERS WORLD.

A collection of poems as meditations on subjects as diverse as tradition, ancestors, children, and the poet's artistic relationship with Ted Hughes and Ken Saro Wiwa. BNS, 100pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS.

New collection of poems from the Nigerian born nurse who lives in London, offering insights into European and African worlds. viii, 116pp, UK. NEW MILLENNIUM.

2002 1858453305 Paperback

These forty-four poems, divided into two sections or streams, explore diverse social, political and emotional themes. The first stream focuses on the different roles played by the Nigerian woman - wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, lover. The second stream delves into the complex and oft times puzzling theme of the self.76pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

A collection of poetry exploring the oral performance of Ilorin and Sokoto cultures. The poems are in English, Yoruba and Hausa, and address themes of national and international importance, human justice and environmental degradation. 83pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 1592212328

Collection of poems that explore the voices of Almajiri, the street beggar-poet among the Hausa/Fulani and the Yoruba to address contemporary local and global issues. 145pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Epic poetic narrative in which the poet visits each leader, living or dead, who has shaped the destiny of the Black world. 198pp, NIGERIA. AFRICAN HERITAGE PRESS.

The poet says that part of his mission is to 'recognise in our African world the existence of what I call the deep dance, the dance of planets and of the revolution.' BNS, 116pp, NIGERIA. AFRICAN HERITAGE PRESS.

A collection of poems composed mainly in the masquerade idiom, a form characterised by songs and chants, satirical comments and divinatory prophecies. The author responds to events and situations of post independence Nigeria during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s and addressed themes of civil war, military incursions into politics, social corruption and violence. 58pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 159221052X

This anthology is a project of the Christopher Okigbo Foundation, established to preserve and widen appreciation of his work. It contains over 200 poems from over 100 poets, conversing with Okigbo, recreating his words, echoing his themes, and identifying and entrenching the ideals of his craft. 352pp, NIGERIA. APEX BOOKS NIGERIA.

Three phases in a poetic journey, ranging from the poet as a public figure, a traveller and observer of humanity, to one grounded in the landscape and fate of his native land. 154pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Employs the persona of the homeboy minstrel, who returns from distant travels to explore what modern civilization, politics, and technological development arising from oil exploration have done to his Niger Delta environment and people. Throughout the collection, the poet reflects on change: the plight of the present and fear of the future are underscored by nostalgia and longing for the poet's childhood. Gloss, 64pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

Takes in two collections of poems from the award winning poet. Delta Blues protests against the environmental degradation of the Niger Delta, and the devastation unleashed upon local populations, victims, and caught up in the race for oil. BNS, 95pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS.

In his new collection, Nigeria’s leading poet and literary scholar reflects on social and political themes, popular culture and the impact of technology on tradition, religious evangelism in the indigenous culture, environmental degradation, home, migration and return. 141pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

"The collection shows the interweaving of Okafor's talents as a writer who is proficient in three genres of literature, and who draws from her African background, English language and Western experience. The feminist tenure of the collection seen in the characters, subjects, and their handling, reveals an inclusive kind of feminism and critique of exclusionist feminist episteme." Carla Comellini, University of Trieste. Gloss, 80pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Critically acclaimed debut collection. His stance - as in a memorable censure of V.S. Naipaul - can be unsparing, but he is also capable of tender-hearted celebration. Here's a vital poet whose cadenced accents speak powerfully, and with rare insight, about the major issues of our day. (Okey Ndibe, author of ‘Arrows of Rain'). 132pp, NIGERIA. MANILA PUBLISHERS COMPANY.

In print again. This extraordinary collection of interlinked poems, first published in 1971, showcases Okigbo's rare talent. Each poem draws the reader into an arresting world of myth and intense contemplation. Killed during the Biafran conflict aged only 35, Okigbo says of these sequences that they amount to a fable of man's perennial quest for fulfilment. With an introduc-tion by Chimamanda Adichie. 73pp, UK. HEINEMANN AFRICAN CLASSICS.

This collection of poems epitomises that new voice - a voice speaking of political tyranny and elaborating more complex themes than the old standard of white rule and colonial Christianity. Included too are tender family moments, metaphysical speculation and nostalgic reminiscence, wrapped up with a typically detached Nigerian humour and presented in a way that provokes reflection as well as laughter. 72pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

The overriding concern of the prize-winning poet is for the future of nationhood and national identity in Nigeria; and his own relationship to the nation as a committed poet writing in exile. 97pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS.

A selection of the author's best poems from 1984 to 2002 revealing the sociological history of the poet's own experiences, and covering issues of culture, family and international encounters. 171pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

In this witty but serious collection, the poet looks askance at injustices and pains of the present and recent past. 101pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS LIMITED.

First collection from Osundare since his home in New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrinia, destroying his library and unpublished manuscripts. Sensuous and characteristically lyrical, these poems are a testimony to the affirmation of life and the indestructibility of the creative spirit. 112pp, NIGERIA. UNIVERSITY PRESS PLC.

A new collection of poetry from one of Africa's leading contemporary poets in three parts. 116pp, NIGERIA. HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL BOOKS NIGERIA.

A lyrical collection of poems which spring from the themes of nature and hope for her regeneration. This edition introduced by the author. xiv, 51pp, NIGERIA. HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL BOOKS NIGERIA.

A collection of new and selected work from one of Africa's best known poets. 258pp, USA/ERITREA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 0865438684

Reissue of his 1983 anthology. 90pp, NIGERIA. NEW HORN.

This new volume of poetry from the award winning poet advocates the poetry of performance and testifies that language defines personal and social history, expression and identity. 92pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS LIMITED, 9780390197

Written by a Nigerian poet and doctor living in the UK, many of these poems deal with issues of home and exile and the poet's place. BNS, 108pp, NIGERIA. KRAFT BOOKS LIMITED, 9782081795

The first collection of poetry by the famed Nigerian writer and political activist. This early work marks the beginning of his distinctive literary style. 44pp, NIGERIA. SAROS, 9782460001

1985 Paperback

Shortlisted for the Association of Nigerian Author's Poetry Prize, this volume of poetry confront varied themes about the life of a woman. 68pp, NIGERIA. OVALONIAN HOUSE, 9780270264

A witty new collection of poetry which encapsulates the daily life in a post colonial country. 72pp, NIGERIA, OVALONION HOUSE

In this collection, Pia Thielmann captures life's arrythmic pulse and beats with profoundly pained awareness. Yet there is a powerful underscore of hope and strength that enables her to share these experiences with us. - Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka. 88pp, GERMANY. BAYREUTH.