98. Look Where You Have Gone to Sit, Edited by Martin Egblewogbe and Laban Carrick Hill
Title: Look Where You Have Gone to Sit Editors: Martin Egblewogbe & Martin Carrick Hill Genre: Poetry Anthology Publishers: Woeli Publishing Services Pages: 63 Year of Publication: 2011 Country: Ghana Look Where You Have Gone to Sit is a bold literary statement by young Ghanaian writers who have lived in the literary underground for a very long time. It is an anthology that brings hope to a literary scene which on the surface have become lethargic. This lethargy is not a manifestation of a lack of activity, but the lack of opportunity, of space, of medium, for the physical expression of the arts. This lack comes from two main sources: the sensationalism of our media outlets leaves no room for the acceptance and publication of literary arts (poetry, fiction etc). For instance, the most widely circulated newspaper in Ghana Daily Graphic has no room for poetry or fiction. This is taken care of by its weekly sister newspaper Mirror . Yet, a cursory glance through ...