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Category Archives: Africa Reading Challenge

Haiku My Heart: Origami

05 Friday Feb 2021

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, Afriku, Challenges, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Nature, Poetry

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Afriku, future, Ghana, Nature, New Year, Origami, Resolutions

Happy New Year to you all my dear readers and friends. 🙂

linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

origami

I fold and unfold

my thoughts

Celestine Nudanu – Ghana

Stardust Haiku – Issue 49, January 2021

Exquisite haiku and senryu from Ghana

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Birthday Medley

04 Wednesday Nov 2020

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, Dawn, Events, Ghana Association of Writers, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance

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Birthday, Ghana, Music, Nature, Novemebr

Birthday Medley

midnight chorus

medley of bon anniversaire

streams in to my dreams

whispers of a new day

I call my own

Happy Birthday to moi

Celestine Nudanu – 04/11/2020

Exquisite haiku and senryu from Ghana

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Haiku My Heart: Silence

04 Friday May 2018

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Poetry, Publication

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I’ve been away too long, I know. But it was all for good. 🙂 I’m pleased to inform all my lovely folks that I successfully launched my second poetry collection, Whispers of Dawn (A Book of Cherita) on April 21, 2018. Feverish preparations are underway to have it on Amazon soon. 🙂 I hope you’ll all get copies for your reading pleasure. 🙂

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(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

Silence

garden dew

a butterfly sips

from the silence

(The Bamboo Hut, Spring 2018)

 

© Celestine Nudanu
4/05/18
 
Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
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2018 Africa Reading Challenge

25 Thursday Jan 2018

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, African Women Writers, Challenges, Events

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Africa, Africa Reading Challenge, Ghana, Kinna, Reading Challenge, West Africa

Welcome to the 2018 Africa Reading Challenge.

This is the sixth time my dear friend  Kinna is hosting the Africa Reading Challenge. Details and requirements are the same this year as for 2012 when she started. And she says, “I have absolutely no reason for hosting nor urging you to participate in this challenge save for the joy of discovering and reading African literature!” Are you in? 🙂 I’m in,and this time I sincerely hope I will make it cos I have loads of books on my TBR and this sounds like the perfect opportunity to read the African writers among the lot and review. 🙂

Here are the details:

Challenge Period

January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018

Region

The entire African continent, including its island-states, which are often overlooked. Please refer to this Wikipedia “list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa”. Pre-colonial empires and regions are also included.

Reading Goal

5 books. That’s it. There will be no other levels. Of course, participants are encouraged to read more than 5 books.  Eligible books include those which are written by African writers, or take place in Africa, or are concerned with Africans and with historical and contemporary African issues. Note that at least 3 books must be written by African writers.

Genres

  • Fiction – novels, short stories, poetry, drama, children’s books. Note: You can choose to read a number of individual and uncollected short stories. In this case, 12 such stories would constitute 1 book. Individual poems do not count but books of poetry do.
  • Non-fiction – memoirs, autobiographies, history and current events

Reading Suggestions

  • Cover at least two regions, pick from North Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa, West Africa and Central Africa
  • Include translated fiction from Arabic, Francophone and Lusophone literature
  • You can mix classic and contemporary fiction
  • If you are intend to read mostly non-fiction, then please include at least one book (out of the five) of fiction

No particular reading philosophy is being suggested, however participates are encouraged  to broaden their knowledge of African literature. The most important thing is to have fun and to explore Africa through books.

Other Details

  1. Overlap with other challenges is allowed.
  2. E-books and audio books are allowed.
  3. There is no need to make a list beforehand.  Although most of us love lists, don’t we?

To Sign up:

Leave a comment here to sign-up. You can list the books you intend to read if you’ve already decided. For those with blogs: write a post on your blog about the challenge (with or without your list) and link to this post.

Please for more details read here

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Micropoetry Month: Nov 2017: #22

22 Wednesday Nov 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, Challenges, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance

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baby, Death, Family, Ghazal, romance

Today, Rajani  wants us to try the Ghazal, a lyrical, challenging and utterly beautiful when it comes out right. The repeating end word and rhyming word of each couplet define the cadence of the ghazal and direct its mood. (The rhyming word appears twice in the first couplet) Originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love, medieval Persian poets embraced the ghazal, eventually making it their own. Consisting of syntactically and grammatically complete  couplets, the form also has an intricate rhyme scheme. Well, it is a challenge right?

Micropoetry Month

Morning

how serene you are this morning
your talc permeates my morning

your laughter-dimpled cheeks deflate
its contents to darken my dream morning

but I drink in your song
bidding me good night in the morning

how serene you look this morning of death
your pain my sorrow morning

my baby, my love, sing me your song of release
andante, andante, to wake up my morning

(Well, I tried. 🙂 )

© Celestine Nudanu
22/11/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

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Haiku My Heart: Stars

08 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, Challenges, Guests, Haiku, Haiku My Heart, Micropoetry, Nature, Poetry, Publication, Romance

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Anniversary Blog, Eufemia Griffo, Nature, romance, stars

My second haiku below was published on Eufemia Griffo‘s blog as part of her 10 year blogging anniversary. Congratulations, Eufemia. 🙂 and thanks a million. 🙂

(linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon.)

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Stars

starry sky
melting shadows stroke
the summer night

cielo stellato-
ombre che si sciolgono accarezzano
la notte d’estate

Celestine Nudanu, Ghana

(Coming out soon! My second poetry collection! 🙂)

© Celestine Nudanu
08/09/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

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Preying Mantis – A Cherita

17 Monday Jul 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, al li, Cherita, Larry Kimmel, Micropoetry, Poetry

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Cherita, Death, Ghana, Preying Mantis, relationship

The Cherita was created by al li. I’ve fallen in love with this lovely poetry form. And for each working day I shall endeavour to post a cherita a day on my blog. 🙂

Please, if you have time do visit the Cherita site, http://www.thecherita.com/flipbook/ to read wonderfully written Cherita, edited by Larry Kimmel. The Flipbook contains 76 new and original cherita by 32 poets from the UK, USA, India, Australia, Ireland, Canada and Ghana. Thank you. 🙂

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credits: http://www.thecherita.com/

 

Preying Mantis

preying mantis

you sink into
this ancient ritual, branding me

not even dreaming of death
and dying, will free me
from this macabre dance

 

© Celestine Nudanu
17/07/17
 

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Goodreads

 

 

 

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Edible Haiku: Bread And Butter Pudding

04 Tuesday Apr 2017

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, Challenges, Haiku, Micropoetry, Poetry, Romance

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Brassbell haiku Journal, contest, edible haiku, food, romance

My haiku below was published in Brass bell a haiku journal.

Bread Pudding II

(http://allrecipes.com/recipe/7177/bread-pudding-ii/)

Pudding

bread and butter pudding

hot on my tongue

his kisses

© Celestine Nudanu (1/04/2017)

Links for Haiku Rhapsodies:

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2014 Africa Reading Challenge

23 Thursday Jan 2014

Posted by readinpleasure in Africa Reading Challenge, African Women Writers, Challenges, Reading List

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Africa Reading Challenge, Kinna

My dear friend Kinna is hosting the 2014 Africa Reading Challenge form January 1 to December 3. Now read on and be sure to participate for a fun time. As Kinna says, “I have absolutely no reason for hosting nor urging you to participate in this challenge save for the joy of discovering and reading African literature!”

Are you in? 🙂

Region

The entire African continent, including its island-states, which are often overlooked. Please refer to this Wikipedia “list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa”. Pre-colonial empires and regions are also included.

Reading Goal

5 books.  That’s it.  There will be no other levels.  Of course, participants are encouraged to read more than 5 books.  Eligible books include those which are written by African writers, or take place in Africa, or are concerned with Africans and with historical and contemporary African issues. Note that at least 3 books must be written by African writers.

Genres

  • Fiction – novels, short stories, poetry, drama, children’s books.  Note: You can choose to read a number of individual and uncollected short stories.  In this case, 12 such stories would constitute 1 book.  Individual poems do not count but books of poetry do.
  • Non-fiction – memoirs, autobiographies, history and current events

Reading Suggestions

  • Cover at least two regions, pick from North Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa, West Africa and Central Africa
  • Include translated fiction from Arabic, Francophone and Lusophone literature
  • You can mix classic and contemporary fiction
  • If you are intend to read mostly non-fiction, then please include at least one book (out of the five) of fiction

Kinna is not inclined to push any reading philosophy but would however like to encourage participants to broaden their knowledge of African literature. Broadly then:

For the novice, if you have not read any African lit or if you’ve read one book (E.g. Achebe’s Things Fall Apart):  a mix of at least two regions, two languages, classic and contemporary, with both male and female writers is suggested.  A sample reading list could be:

  • Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (North Africa, Arabic, classic)
  • Maps by Nuruddin Farah (East Africa)
  • Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Southern Africa, contemporary)
  • So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba (West Africa, classic, Francophone)
  • Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (Southern Africa, contemporary, modern fantasy)

For the advanced reader of African literature: perhaps there is some gap (country, region, language, theme, gender) you want to fill or author(s) whose works you want to explore further?

You could also, for example:

  • Read only collection/anthologies of short stories
  • Stick to the literary tradition of one country
  • Explore literature written in African languages
  • Read only Lusophone literature
  • Explore the literature of contemporary South Africa
  • Read the books of North African countries of the Arab Spring
  • Read wherever the urge takes you!

These suggestions notwithstanding, the most important thing is to have fun and to explore Africa through books.

Other Details

  1. Overlap with other challenges is allowed.
  2. E-books and audio books are allowed.
  3. There is no need to make a list beforehand.  Although most of us love lists, don’t we?

To Sign up:

Leave a comment here to sign-up. You can list the books you intend to read if you’ve already decided.

For those with blogs: write a post on your blog about the challenge (with or without your list) and link to this post.

Please for more details read here

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