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Writing Woman Anthology: Poetry and Visual Art, Volume 3 is the most representative of the three books in this anthology as it has a balance of Asian and African writers and artists. Each poet and artist tackled what it means to be a woman in Africa and Asia.
The anthology has 20 Chinese poets writing in Chinese language and accompanying translations into English, 1 poet from Inner Mongolia, 2 from Turkey, 4 from India and the diasporas, and 23 African artists and poets from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and Ghana, all dissecting woman’s agency, existence and identity in the religious and cultural limitations of the 21st century Africa and Asia.
Publié par
Date de parution
18 septembre 2023
Nombre de lectures
0
EAN13
9781779314611
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
6 Mo
is the most representative of the three books in this anthology as it has a balance of Asian and African writers and artists. Each poet and artist tackled what it means to be a woman in Africa and Asia. The anthology has 20 Chinese poets writing in Chinese language and accompanying translations into English, 1 poet from Inner Mongolia, 2 from Turkey, 4 from India and the diasporas, and 23 African artists and poets from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and Ghana, all dissecting woman’s agency, existence and identity in the religious and cultural limitations of the 21st century Africa and Asia.
poet. She has two îlm projects in development, is the recipient of two grants from the (a poetry book) is forthcoming in 2023 from
is an award-winning author, translator from Odisha, in the eastern part of India. Her poems and stories have been translated into other languages. She
SUE ZHU is a New Zealand Chinese poet, an artist, a continental coordinator of WPM (world poetry movement), and extraordinary ambassador of the Naji Naaman literature prize foundation. She has published 3 children’s education books, 2 poetry
WRITING WOMAN ANTHOLOGY Poetry and Visual Art
An Anthology of African Asian Writers and Artists
VOLUME 3
Curated and edited by
Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, Sue Zhu, Abigail George, and Mona Lisa Jena
WRITING WOMAN ANTHOLOGY: Poetry and Visual Art An Anthology of African Asian Writers and Artists VOL 3 Curated and edited byTendai Rinos Mwanaka Sue Zhu Abigail George Mona Lisa Jena Cover art by Shiv Prasad Marar
Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, Chitungwiza Zimbabwe * Creativity, Wisdom and Beauty
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Publisher:MmapMwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd 24 Svosve Road, Zengeza 1 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe mwanaka@yahoo.com mwanaka13@gmail.com https://www.mmapublishing.org www.africanbookscollective.com/publishers/mwanaka-media-and-publishing https://facebook.com/MwanakaMediaAndPublishing/ Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective orders@africanbookscollective.com www.africanbookscollective.com ISBN: 978-1-77931-463-5 EAN: 9781779314635 ©Tendai Rinos Mwanaka 2023All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or be stored in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher DISCLAIMER All views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views ofMmap.
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About Editors Tendai Rinos Mwanakais a Zimbabwean publisher; a multidisciplinary artist, editor, mentor and thinker with 26 individual books and at least 27 curated and edited anthologies published in Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Northern Ireland, UK, and USA, 2 music albums, hundreds of paintings, drawings, literary pieces and other artworks curated, exhibited and published in over 400 journals in at least 35 countries. Abigail Georgeis a blogger, essayist, short story writer, screenwriter, novelist, and poet. She has two film projects in development, is the recipient of two grants from the National Arts Council. Her publishers are Mwanaka Media and Publishing or Mmap, Gazebo Books, and Ovi. She was nominated and longlisted for several prizes. "Young Galaxies" (a poetry book) is forthcoming in 2023 from Mmap. Mona Lisa Jenais an award-winning author, translator from Odisha, in the Eastern part of India. Her poems and stories have been translated into other languages. She has 22 books to her name. She writes both in her mother tongue Odia and in English. She has read her poems at prestigious literary platforms in India and abroad. A committed poet and a writer. Sue Zhu, is a New Zealand Chinese poet, artist, Continental coordinator of WPM (world poetry movement), extraordinary ambassador of the Naji Naaman literature prize foundation, vice president of NZ Poetry/Art Association, honorary director of the US-China Culture/Art Centre, published 3 children’s education books, 2 poetry collections and 1 translation book. Poems of her are translated into over 20 languages, her paintings can be found on the book cover of prestigious anthologies and are collected by people.
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Table of Contents About Editors…………………………………………………iii Contributor’s Bio Notes………………………………………xiiIntroduction…………………………………………………xxv女人在钢铁中穿行:Ji Yongliang(China)………………………..1Women Walking Through Steel:Ji Yongliang………………….2女人在一ᗙ超大的商场里:Ji Yongliang………………………..3Women in a Super Large Shopping Mall:Ji Yongliang………..5一个女人一条流浪的狗:Ji Yongliang………………………..7A Woman and a Stray Dog:Ji Yongliang……………………….8Beauty:Leman Bedia Güven (Turkey)....................................................9The strongest woman I know:Mongiwe Khoza(Zimbabwe)…….10Space:Partha Banerjee(India, US)………………………………12She Is...:Partha Banerjee………………………………………..13Nothingness:Partha Banerjee………………………………….14Soliloquy:Partha Banerjee……………………………………...15关于女性:Alex Gao(China)……………………………………17About women:Alex Gao……………………………………...19女人和家:Alex Gao…………………………………………..20Women and home:Alex Gao…………………………………22女性职场:Alex Gao………………………………………...23Women and the workplace:Alex Gao……………………….25The Power:Leman Bedia Güven.........................................................26THE WORRIOR:Abdullatif Khalid (Uganda)………………….27The Uniqueness of our Lovers:Kutti Revathi (India)………….28The Trees of our Land:Kutti Revathi………………………….29My Language, my Palm Wine:Kutti Revathi………………….31The Breasts of a Male:Kutti Revathi…………………………..33Manisha’s Spine:Kutti Revathi………………………………..34
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即便ྈ旄一朵山桃花:Li Ailian (China)……………………...36Even If It's Just a Mountain Peach Blossom:Li Ailian……..37贺兰山:Li Ailian…………………………………………...38At the foot of Helan Mountain:Li Ailian……………………39女人྄ 一个女人:Li Ailian………………………………...40Dream of freedom:Leman Bedia Güven...........................................41My Brother’s Wife:Jabulani Mzinyathi(Zimbabwe)……………..42Running Away:Jabulani Mzinyathi…………………………….43green woman:Yesim Agaoglu(Turkey)…………………………44crown of thorns:Yesim Agaoglu……………………………….45homes:Yesim Agaoglu………………………………………….46killer longplays:Yesim Agaoglu………………………………..47she clothed herself:Yesim Agaoglu……………………………48舞者:Leng Tong(China)………………………………………..49The Dancer:Leng Tong……………………………………….50ᡃ们的世界没有四⨡:Leng Tong……………………………51Our World Doesn’t Have Four Seasons:Leng Tong………..52ᬯ伤:Leng Tong………………………………………………53Hidden Wounds:Leng Tong………………………………….54Photography:Paul Olayioye(Nigeria)………………………55-58CONFESSIONS OF A WANDERER:Sithembele Xhengwana (South Africa)…………………………………………………..59CLASSICAL MOMENTS:Sithembele Xhengwana……………..61KHOLEKA:Sithembele Xhengwana…………………………….62NOPASI:Sithembele Xhengwana………………………………..64NOPASI’S LAMENT:Sithembele Xhengwana…………………67Sanskarnama:Nabina Das(India)……………………………..70Vivas to rivers:Nabina Das……………………………………72A Song for the Bihu-Waisted Sister:Nabina Das…………….73Anima Writes a Letter Home:Nabina Das…………………...74
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Anima wakes up Tejimola:Nabina Das……………………...75Anima of the river's arm:Nabina Das………………………..76ᡃྉ刘小样:Hu Zhongxi(China)………………………………77My name is Liu Xiaoyang:Hu Zhongxi……………………….78Emergence 1 and 2:Lin Barrie(Zimbabwe)……………………79SISTERHOOD:Faith Mabuto (Zimbabwe)…………………….80MOTHER:Faith Mabuto……………………………………..81HAIR:Faith Mabuto…………………………………………...83EMBLEMS:Faith Mabuto…………………………………….84TRIAL BY FIRE:Srinjay Chakravarti(India)………………….85TONGUE:Srinjay Chakravarti………………………………...87HENNA:Srinjay Chakravarti………………………………….89 哦，曲拉:Zao Bubu(China)…………………………………...91Oh, Qura:Zao Bubu…………………………………………..92登高赋诗:Zao Bubu…………………………………………..93Climbing high and composing poetry:Zao Bubu……………94新叶:Zao Bubu………………………………………………..95New leaf:Zao Bubu……………………………………………96红色小象:Zao Bubu…………………………………………..97Red Elephant:Zao Bubu……………………………………..98new Dawn paintings on Robin Sprong:Lin Barrie…………99AM I A PROUD WOMAN?:Rashidat Ajakaye( Nigeria)…….100小溪边的洗衣女:Shihai Huang(China)………………………102The laundry woman by the brook: (Translated bySyling Yao) Shihai Huang………………………………………………….103再哭泣的女人:Shihai Huang……………………………...104The woman who no longer weepby (Translated Syling Yao)Shihai Huang………………………………………………….105莱特:Shihai Huang…………………………………...106尔姑娘 The Lytler girl(Translated bySyling Yao)Shihai Huang………108
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母亲的童话:Shihai Huang…………………………………...109Mother's fairy tale:(Translated bySyling Yao)Shihai Huang…111୕八⡅女节:Shihai Huang…………………………………...112International Women's Day:by (Translated Syling Yao)Shihai Huang………………………………………………………...113Universal Oneness:Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure (Zimbabwe)...114 Mama’s Son:Antreka Tladi(South Africa)…………………….116House Chores:Antreka Tladi………………………………...117Household Accountant:Antreka Tladi……………………...118Laughter and Cries:Antreka Tladi…………………………..119City Women:Antreka Tladi…………………………………..120罂粟栅栏:Nan Xi(China)…………………………………121Poppy and Fence:(Tr. Zhang Zhizhong)Nan Xi…………123穿粉红色睡衣的女人:Nan Xi……………………………...124The Woman in Pink Nightwear:(Tr. Zhang Zhizhong)Nan Xi……………………………………………………………126Spirit of Discernment:Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure…………127The Earth’s Womb Will Wait:Elizabeth L. A Kamara (Sierra Leone)………………………………………………………...129Minister of the Year:Elizabeth L. A Kamara………………..131I Salute you oh Women Of The Sierra:Elizabeth L. A Kamara……………………………………………………….132A Healthy Planet:Elizabeth L. A Kamara……………………134How Could You:Elizabeth L. A Kamara…………………….136 ࠓ女人如水ࠔ:Sue Zhu(New Zealand, China)………………...138WATER WONDER:(Tr. by Wen Xinjiao)Sue Zhu…………139邃些觸摸到的好光:Sue Zhu…………………………...140THOSE INTANGIBLE GOOD TIMES:(Tr. by Wen Xinjiao) Sue Zhu……………………………………………………….141
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赠你一束风干的玫瑰:Sue Zhu……………………………...143GIVE YOU A BUNCH OF DRIED ROSES(Tr. by Wen Xinjiao)Sue Zhu……………………………………………...144舊光:Sue Zhu……………………………………………...145OLD DAYS:(Tr. by Wen Xinjiao)Sue Zhu…………………..146想起初春河遴的邃個身影:Sue Zhu………………………...147THE FIGURE BY THE RIVER IN EARLY SPRING:(Tr. by Wen Xinjiao)Sue Zhu……………………………………...148Roots of a Shepherd Tree:Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure………………………………………………………149WOMAN AND HOME:Henrietta Chaduka(Zimbabwe)……...151I AM A STORY:John Attah Ojonugwa(Nigeria)………………153长途车，睡在我身旁的女人:Sun Guofu(China)…………156On the long-distance bus, the woman sleeping next to me: (Tr. Qianer Baby):Sun Guofu………………………………….157The Carrying Carer:Tendai Rinos Mwanaka(Zimbabwe)………158Container:Jane Mpholo(South Africa)…………………………159Silenced:Jane Mpholo………………………………………...160灯，一夜未熄:Lin Rong(China)……………………………162THE LIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN TURNED OFF OVERNIGHT:(Tr. By Fan Jun)Lin Rong…………………..163少女:Lin Rong……………………………………………….164GIRL:(Tr. By Fan Jun)Lin Rong…………………………….165ᡃ们是比她更⨢独的人:Lin Rong………………………….166WE ARE THE LONELIER ONES THAN SHE IS:(Tr. By Fan Jun)Lin Rong…………………………………………..167The key:Winnie Winani Mpala(Botswana)………………….168Metamorphosis:Winnie Winani Mpala……………………172Love is a Metaphor:Winnie Winani Mpala………………...174Love Paralysis:Winnie Winani Mpala……………………...178
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Excepts from her life:Winnie Winani Mpala………………180母亲的背篓:Xu Xing(China)……………………………...183Mother back basket:(Tr. huaying)Xu Xing………………185蒙面之城:Xu Xing………………………………………..186Masked Castle:(Tr. huaying)Xu Xing……………………187Metaphorical Mind:Binod Dawadi (Nepal)………………...188Freedom:Abodunrin Oyindamola Margaret…………………..189African Woman:Abodunrin Oyindamola Margaret…………...190中途风景:Xiaosen Shen(China)…………………………….191HALFWAY VIEW:Xiaosen Shen………………………….192新春将至:Xiaosen Shen…………………………………….193The coming Chinese New Year:Xiaosen Shen……………194㔝孩子:Xiaosen Shen……………………………………….195WILD CHILDREN:Xiaosen Shen…………………………196她的前世是一头牛:Xiaosen Shen…………………………..197HER PAST LIFE WAS A COW:Xiaosen Shen…………….198Mama:Bunguswa Brian(Kenya)………………………………..199Super heroine*:Nansubuga Jemimah Mukisa(Uganda)…………200Mother's Face:Xu Jiangang(Inner Mongolia)…………………202Mother's hand:Xu Jiangang…………………………………204Woman sitting near a window:Binod Dawadi……………….205THE SILENCE OF OUR MOTHERS:Omorodion Martina (Nigeria)……………………………………………………...206ࠓ她是谁的女儿》:Xue Ya(China)………………………...207WHOSE DAUGHTER IS SHE?:Xue Ya………………….208townships secrets:Thato Tshukudu(South Africa)…………….209TO THE TOP:Vivienne Kapkarich (Kenya)…………………...210SCARS OF CHANGE:Vivienne Kapkarich…………………..211CONFORMITY:Vivienne Kapkarich………………………...212灯:Wang Lishi………………………………………………..214
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