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Poems & Other Writing
Poems & Other Writing
Revolution of the Scavengers, Akashic Books/African Poetry Book Fund (2020).
“Henneh Kyereh Kwaku, of all the poets in this set, is most explicitly engaged with the wider world. His sardonic wit and cutting critique of postcolonial society constantly position the meaning of Ghana against what Ghana is not—the forces that are collapsing on Ghana and forcing the country to react. He is interested in the relationship between the cedi and the franc and the dollar. He is fully aware of the dangerous presence of the Chinese in West Africa and the compromises that are leading to this circumstance—the corruption and the desperation.”
—Prof Kwame Dawes (from Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry, Akashic Books (2025))
Selected Anthologies
Selected Anthologies
“In the nerve-raving verses of ‘Gaana’ by Henneh Kyereh Kwaku, the memory and psyche of the poet are twinned with the reader’s poetic ear. In this political/revolutionary volley presented as a Christmas/valentine present—what a dramatic irony—we see the reincarnation of old literary revolutionary voices such as Léopold Senghor, Jack Mapanje, and Christopher Okgibo, with their ironic/satiric yearnings for freedom during days of colonial madness when Africa was grinding under crude Anglo-Euro colonial iron fist rule.” —Mbizo Chirasha (from Review of Old Love Skin)
Selected Poems & Other Creative Writing
Selected Poems & Other Creative Writing
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