Navigating Grief, Rituals, and Criticism in African Poetry | Henneh Kyereh Kwaku and Àkpà Arinzechukwu
I attempted to write toward joy (beloved, here’s my confession), I wrote the saddest poems I have ever written. But the other truth about those poems is that there are bursts of joy all around them, and such is life – joy here and there, but also despair. – Henneh Kyereh Kwaku