Recently added articles from Kola:
Twenty years of criticism.(Editorial)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Kola 20.1 and 20.2 reprinted mainly fiction and prose that I felt merited fresh outings in recognition of the vital role that Canada's only Black literary magazine, in French or in English, has played in getting African-Canadian and African Diasporic voices into print. One benefit of ...
A commentary on the poetry of Dionne Brand.
Jun 22, 2009; ... "That man told me he liked my poetry but not my politics (As if they are different)" (1983, p.21) Dionne Brand may not have thus intended the above remark, but it inadvertently addresses many of the confused notions that critics and poets entertain about the functions of poetry ....
Religion, Nationalism and Ideology in South African Literature.(Critical essay)
Jun 22, 2009; ... The truth is that our Christian civilization is riddled through and through with dilemma. We believe in the brotherhood of man, but we do not want it in South Africa. We believe that God endows men with diverse gifts, and that human life depends for its fullness on their employment and ...
Review of Ernesto R. Cuevas, Some Friends of Mine.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Review of Ernesto R. Cuevas, Some Friends of Mine. Williams-Wallace Intl. 1986. 77 pages Ernesto Cuevas's Some Friends of Mine is a collection of short stories that challenges the reader to look beyond style into the various layers of meaning contained in the work. When I first ...
My Journey.(Essay)
Jun 22, 2009; ... We descended into Africa, Becki and I, like birds from the sky, guided by the moon, swooping, turning downwards. When the Air Afrique Boeing 707 landed on the asphalt runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal, we were glad to be there. I had been to Africa before, to Kenya and Zimbabwe, but ...