Chris Abani is part of this year’s Poetry Africa tour.

Percy Zvomuya writes that it’s easy to see why poet Frank Chipasula was exiled for two decades from Kamuzu Banda’s Malawi.

According to the festival organisers it will feature a poet of "high excellence who reflects Dennis’s passion for human rights and integrity".

Even at the remove of an email interview, one can’t help noticing the calmness of Ilyas Tunç, writes Niren Tolsi.