“This thoughtfully selected anthology is redolent of all Africa’s varied and vibrant senses. It captures light, history, landscape, culture and the natural environment, as well as the many challenges that face the human condition. It should be in classrooms and in libraries and on everyone’s bookshelf.”

~ Tanya Barben, former Rare Books Librarian, University of Cape Town Libraries

“Absolute Africa! is a wonderful selection. Its very title encapsulates its essence and the poems pulsate with life. Colour and light, anguish and laughter, the whimsical and the scurrilous are fashioned into a unique patchwork. Lyrics echo the powerful force of nature and its impact on humanity. The brutalities of war and oppression remain ever present, connecting ancestral lore with the enigma of present-day existence and so a pattern emerges in which the fabric of this extraordinary continent shapes itself.”

~ Dr Ute Ben Yosef, former Head Librarian, Jacob Gitlin Library, Cape Town