Lesego Makgatho lesego.makgatho@inl.co.za
If you’re looking for a book that seeks to question patriarchy and other challenges that women face, then Wild Imperfections could be the one for you.
Forty black women from the African continent and its diaspora have come together in this anthology of poems.
Contributors include poets such as Nikki Giovanni, Diana Ferrus, Miriam Alves, Jackie Kay, NourbeSe Philip, Cheryl Clarke, Staceyann Chin, Olumide Popoola, Makhosazana Xaba, Safia Elhillo, Gabeba Baderoon, Warsan Shire, Ladan Osman, Anni Domingo, Elizandra Souza and Jumoke Verissimo. The book is edited by Natalia Molebatsi.
Whatever the theme each poem in the collection featuring the work of Black women poets reflects the lives of most, if not all women, womyn and womxn – particularly those born Black and poor by design in…
