Haiku for Africa

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In Haiku for Africa, poet Marie Heese takes us on a journey – following the footprints of women before us, women among us, women just like us – to experience the continent of Africa afresh. Enjoy glimpses of shifting landscapes, the shadow of a smile, and fleeting moments captured in a handful of words. An ideal moment of repose is captured with insight and poise. Mother Africa shares her wisdom within this collection of more than 50 haiku, through the voices of three formidable women – poet Marie Heese, illustrator Edith Bukani, and voice artist Natalia Molebatsi. “[T]he effect of Heese’s collection is like listening to a robin with a repertoire, tones ranging through wit and self-irony and sympathy to the crystal of just being somewhere almost beyond words. It’s a good, warm, sophisticated voice, each little vision worth its moment of reflection….” – Norman Morrissey in Carapace 22

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