KNOWLEDGE IS MORE THAN MERE WORDS
Wey Dehn Sey? Dehn Sey Kapu Sehns Nor Kapu Word
A Critical Introduction to Sierra Leonean Literature

Edited by Eustace Palmer and Abioseh Michael Porter
This volume is the first comprehensive analysis and assessment of a national literature that has been growing in recent years. It provides, particularly in the introduction, insightful information about the historical and cultural background to that literature and the traditions on which contemporary writers have built.

WAITING FOR THE HATCHING OF A COCKEREL
(A Neo-Epic Song)

by Tanure Ojaide
In Waiting for the Hatching of a Cockerel, the poet assumes the persona of a minstrel (Aminogbe) guided by a divine mentor (Aridon) to narrate and reflect on multifarious experiences. Aminogbe ranges on the side of good against evil in the new wars which are no longer only physical but multi-faceted in nature. The new heroes are thus not just physical warriors but activists in an array of struggles to realize a fair and just world for all

AFRICA AND TRANS-ATLANTIC MEMORIES:
Literary and Aesthetic Manifestations of Diaspora and History

Edited by Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Paul E. Lovejoy and David V. Trotman
The trans-Atlantic slave trade and the concomitant enslavement of Africans created an enduring connection between Africa and the scattered communities of peoples of African origins in the Americas and elsewhere. These tragic events of slavery have profoundly influenced the literary imagination, whether in Africa, Europe or the Americas. The authors in this collection explore the ways in which trans-Atlantic constructions of this historical experience find expression in the literary mode. The essays examine the ways that writers and performers have used a variety of

A NEW PARADIGM OF PENTECOSTAL POWER:
A Study of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria

Asonzeh Ukah
Sub-Saharan Africa appears to be the theatre where a remarkably sophisticated and complex drama of socio-cultural change is playing out. Nowhere is this social transformation more evident than in the cities and towns of Nigeria. In this country of more than 130 million inhabitants, religion—in its varied forms—has taken over urban landscapes, political discourse, the airwaves of radio and television broadcasting, economic and educational practices and policies as well as social interaction. Pentecostalism, in its latest incarnation(s),

TEMBA TUPU! (WALKING NAKED)
Africana Women’s Poetic Self-Portrait

Edited by Nagueyalti Warren
Temba Tupu! is a one-of-a-kind anthology brimming with a cross-section of poetic styles that represent the creative genius of Africana women from the beginning of written records. Included are selections from Queen Hatshepsut, Makeda, Queen of Sheba, Sojourner Truth, Gladys Casely Hayford, Una Marson, matriarch of Jamaican women’s poetry, and Noemia Da Sousa, a revolutionary poet from southern Africa, as well as poems from contemporary poets like the former United States Poet Laureate, Rita Dove, popular people’s poet, Nikki Giovanni, Ghanaian poet and dramatist, Ama Ata Aidoo, Trinidadian poet, Grace Nichols, Nigerian poet, Taiwo Olaleye-Ornene, and Brazilian poet and scholar, Miriam Alves.