Spears Books invites you to the Wintonbury Poetry Series Virtual Reading featuring award-winning poet and professor Joyce Ashuntantang; Thursday, Feb 18, 2021, 7:00-9:30pm ET. Hosted by the Prosser Public Library/P. Faith McMahon Wintonbury Library. Register here for the event: http://bit.ly/36FTWpL Learn more about her books here
We are thrilled to announce that Joyce Ash’s magnificent poetry book, Beautiful Fire has won the prestigious African Literature Association (USA), Book of the Year Award - Creative Writing (2020). The Award is given for an outstanding book of African literature, whether novel, non-fiction prose, play, or poetry collection, published in the preceding calendar year…
In this revealing interview, poet, author and professor, Joyce Ashuntantang talks about why literature matters, publishing and women’s contributions to Anglophone Cameroon and Africa literature…
Five published poets by Spears Books pulled together to compose “Silence Warns” in the wake of the brutal killing of 7 children in Kumba, South West Region, Cameroon.
Register here
Just a Bend delivers an overall powerful message of assurance that, although life is full of bends, these should be taken only as moments for deep reflections given that no journey is ever predictably straight or short. It is a collection of deep, scintillating, captivating, motivating and inspiring poems that span various subject areas; culture,…
Interview with award-winning author and poet, Joyce Ashuntantang
Beautiful Fire, a poetry collection by acclaimed Poet and Professor, Joyce Ash enjoyed some airtime on BBC's Africa Today on August 23, 2018 with Audrey Brown. Joyce Ash echoes the anguish and horror felt by many English-speaking Cameroonians as war ravages their land. Bearing witness through protest poetry - listen on! Joyce Ash, we celebrate you!…
Celebrating # WorldPoetryDay @ Spears Media with Lola Perpetua Nkamanyang
The Language of Breasts and Beards
(From Poetry book collection, Healing Stings, 2016)
Pepertua K. N. LOLA
It doesn’t matter
Whether beards, whether breasts
Equality we seek
Equal access for all. It doesn’t matter
Whether trousers, whether skirts
Liberation we seek
Equal access for all. It doesn’t matter
Whether office, whether home
The tempests abating
Boundaries are banished. It doesn’t matter
Whether…