Conversations with African Poets and Writers: Chris Beckett & Alemu Tebeje

UK-based poets and translators Chris Beckett and Alemu Tebeje (in conversation with Ethiopic Area Specialist Fentahun Tiruneh and African Section Head Edward Miner) discuss their recently published edited anthology, Songs We Learn From Trees: An Anthology of Ethiopian Amharic Poetry. The first anthology of Amharic poetry in English translation, Songs was shortlisted for the 2021 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry.
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