From Here To There: 101 Poems on African and African Diasporic Migration

[Ambrose Musiyiwa]

Dear Colleagues,

From Here To There: 101 Poems on African and African Diasporic Migration (CivicLeicester, 2025; ISBN: 1068221038) is now available, and can also be ordered through local bookstores.

Edited by Nandi Jola (South Africa / Northern Ireland) and Omobola Osamor (Nigerian / USA), the collection features contributions from writers who include: Yemi Atanda, Zainab M. Hassan, Ugwuja Emmanuel Ifeanyichukwu, Zan V. Johns, Anton Krueger, Octavia McBride-Ahebee, Jenny Mitchell, Tanure Ojaide, Dike Okoro, SuAndi, Furaha Youngblood, and more.

The title, From Here To There, comes from a poem by Thulani Mahlangu, one of 63 voices in the anthology.

The 101 poems explore personal, familial and community experiences around African and African diasporic migration and (im)mobility, Blackness, Africanness, African diasporism, and more: "The collection shows us one another, brothers and sisters without borders, on shared journeys, with intertwined stories, loves, losses, hopes, dreams, joys, and relief. Together, we search for life, belonging, and a future we can call home."

From Here To There is the second anthology in the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series, and follows Japa Fire: An Anthology of Poems on African and African Diasporic Migration (CivicLeicester, 2024; ISBN: 1916459390).

The series was inspired by the Africa Migration Report: 2nd Edition (African Union / International Organisation for Migration, 2024), and is organised by Forced Migration and The Arts, CivicLeicester and the migrants' rights collective Regularise.

Kind regards,

Ambrose Musiyiwa

Coordinator, Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series

Ambrose Musiyiwa | Coordinator, Journeys in Translation, and The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series (Video Playlist; Call for Submissions; Funding Appeal) | (Ed.) [New Book] Japa Fire: An Anthology of Poems on African and African Diasporic Migration (CivicLeicester, 2024. Co-edited with Munya R from the migrants' rights collective, Regularise); Welcome to Britain: An Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction (CivicLeicester, 2023); Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World (CivicLeicester, 2020)

[Ambrose Musiyiwa]

Dear Colleagues,

Human Rights First are asking for sign ons:

"We have reopened for additional sign-ons the Open Letter calling on UN Member States to affirm their commitment to human rights, refugee and humanitarian treaties and reject attempts to undermine them. The letter was widely shared in late September during UNGA and in advance of the UNHCR Executive Committee meetings."

Kind regards,

Ambrose Musiyiwa

Coordinator, Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series

Ambrose Musiyiwa | Coordinator, Journeys in Translation, and The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series (Concept Note; Call for Submissions; Funding Appeal; Video Playlist) | (Ed.) [New Book] Japa Fire: An Anthology of Poems on African and African Diasporic Migration (CivicLeicester, 2024. Co-edited with Munya R from the migrants' rights collective, Regularise); Welcome to Britain: An Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction (CivicLeicester, 2023); Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World (CivicLeicester, 2020)