Tisa: New-Generation African Poets, a Chapbook Box Set
Edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani

The beautifully packaged, limited Edition Box Set was a an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks every year by African poets through Akashic Books.

The series seeks to celebrate the best poetry written by African poets working today, and it is especially interested in featuring poets who have not yet published their first full-length book of poetry. Featured in this collection are poets Samuel A. Adeyemi, Nikitta Dede Adjirakor, O-Jeremiah Agbaakin, Rabha Ashry, Jakky Bankong-Obi, Hazem Fahmy, Alain Jules Hirwa, Jay Kophy, Tawiah Naana Akua Mensah, Phodiso Modirwa, and Nneoma Veronica Nwogu.