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Journal Of African Haiku Issue 5 March 2018 i “The Mamba” Journal Of Africa Haiku Network “The Mamba” Journal of Africa Haiku Network Edited by: Adjei Agyei-Baah Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian ii iii “The Mamba” Editors’ Noe Journal Of Africa Haiku Network All works published in “The Mamba” Issue 5, 2018 remain the Editors’ Note copyright of each individual poet featured in this issue. Published by Africa Haiku Network Mamba 5 is another pleasurable compilation featuring first-time P.O. Box KJ703 haijins from Uganda, Tunisia and Morocco and far-off India. It Kumasi, Ghana +233 0202576868 features three haiban, coming from Ghana, Nigeria and Malawi +2348088672475 exploring the themes on wildebeest migration, a past Africa Cup of nations, and an unfulfilled dream of a homeless madwoman. Founding Editors: It further captures the first-time haiku workshop in Kano State, Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana) Nigeria organized by young poets and students from the Kano Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian (Nigeria) State Polytechnic under the direction of Africa Haiku Network Assistant Editor: and facilitated by Usman Karofi. The issue also features a haiku Celestine Nudanu (Ghana) essay “Thirteen Ways of Reading Haiku” by Michael Dylan Welch, a seasoned international haikuist of Graceguts fame. Research Editor: Justice Joseph Prah (Ghana) Readers will as well find the review of “Ghana 21” a comic haiku collection by Adjei Agyei-Baah by Ama Ata Aidoo, a Secretary: retired professor from University of Cape Coast, Ghana. And Akor Emmanuel Oche (Nigeria) to break the monotony of text flow, the entire assemblage is Layout Artist: interspersed with the finest haiga/photo haiku selected from Augustine Tetteh (Ghana) Africa Haiku Network’s 2017/2018 Harmattan Haiku Series mostly come from of first time haiku submitters. We hope this Cover Artist: compilation will super-delight you and tickles you to share with Adekola Kevin Odukoya (Nigeria) other haiku lovers and aficionados within your circles. Friends of Mamba: JICA/ Japan Embassy Ghana Adjei Agyei-Baah Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian E-mail: March, 2018 [email protected] iv Editors’ Note v “The Mamba” Editors’ Noe Journal Of Africa Haiku Network Contents Adjei Agyei-Baah Celestine Nudana (Ghana) (Ghana) hamattan.........................12 antelope hunting .............17 New Year’s Day..............12 island mirage ..................17 Editors’ Note harsh winds….................12 Anthony Itopa Obaro childhood river—...........12 (Nigeria) first weeding...................12 a hawk on the prowl... ....18 Haiku From Africa open savannah...............12 Odu Ode Patrick Wafula Wanyama Harriet Hedoti Wiafe Akor Emmanuel Oche (Nigeria) (Ghana) (Nigeria) (Kenya) flood................................19 dead flies and termites ...13 jiggling waist beads ..........2 dawn alarm .......................6 hot afternoon..................19 Abdelkader Jamoussi Ingrid Baluch (Uganda) Soweto Market-- .............13 a slug’s trail ...................13 Nureni Ibrahim (Nigeria) (Morocco) equatorial dusk . ...........7 itchy droppings ..............13 Lagos traffic ...................20 old kimono ........................3 calling their kids ...............7 thunderclap .....................20 the wind’s murmur............3 down to the Nile ................7 Fred Kweku Forson (Ghana) house cleaning ................20 no leaves ..........................3 Blessed Ayeyame morning jog ....................14 Matthew Caretti Mercy Ikuri (Nigeria) (Malawi) (Kenya) fog merging.....................14 hamattan morning...........8 Africa Cup ......................21 star-filled sky ....................4 farm murder.....................8 Ali Znaidi Precious Oboh (Nigeria) in the glade— ...................4 after the war.....................8 (Tunisia) lifting gently .................23 the muezzin’s call..............4 Meryem Lahlou (Tunisia) in the field .......................15 pond moon… ..................15 summer heat ...................23 Kwaku Feni Adow axe blow ..........................10 lingering boredom… ......15 Sarra Masmoudi (Ghana) leaf falls—.......................10 spring stillness… ............15 (Tunisia) new arrival ......................5 Abderrahim Bensaid Blessmond Alebna Ayinbire new year dawn ................24 solar eclipse . ................5 (Tunisia) (Ghana) new year’s morning— ....24 a statue sweats from .........5 glacial cold .....................11 bushfire ...........................16 morning rush hour— ......24 passport in my hand .......11 confetti… .......................16 hill trail— .......................24 harmattan morning ........16 vi Editors’ Note Editors’ Note vii “The Mamba” Editors’ Note Journal Of Africa Haiku Network Ahmad Holderness Wisdom C. Nwoga Prah Justice Joseph Gillena Cox (Trinidad & (Nigeria) (Nigeria) (Ghana) Tobago) village uproar… ..............25 harmattan breeze...........32 empty home.....................42 brightening .....................51 elephant grass— ............25 Temitope Aina (Nigeria) before reaching...............43 a grackle hops in ............51 breaking the silence .......25 Valentine ........................ 34 Emmanuel Jessie Angela Giordano (Italy) Theophilus Femi valentine gift .................. 34 Kalusian (Nigeria) amid frogs and fishes ......52 Alawonde (Nigeria) valentine song ................ 34 lover’s day .....................44 National zoo ...................52 harmattan .......................26 harmattan dust...............44 Afiah Obenewaa (Ghana) wild grass— ....................52 Fumane Ntlhabane evening walk...................46 Stoianka Boianova harmattan cold—........... 35 morning walk .................46 (South Africa) (Bulgaria) dry harmattan .................27 Barnabas Ìkéolúwa Dynamic Rahman O. returning to South Africa .27 Adélékè (Nigeria) Jimoh (Nigeria) full moon night .............. 53 Okpanachi Attah almost ........................... 36 dry well..........................47 Angiola Inglese (Italy) (Nigeria) September rain… ........... 36 Ugwu Erochukwu a butterfly’s wing ........... 54 moonlight conversation..28 Arnie Naa Dromo Annan Shedrach (Nigeria) Julia Guzmán Raphael d’Abdon (Ghana) the steady headlight ...... 48 (Argentina) (South Africa) sea’s song .......................37 Kokuu Andy McLellan autumn dusk ...................55 broken eggshells— .........29 Pamela Kuadegbeku (United Kingdom) full moon ........................55 (Ghana) Usman Karofi (Nigeria) elephant skull ................. 48 Praniti Gulyani (India) silent blue sea ................ 38 Ramadan ........................ 30 Mark Gilbert (United winter evening... .............56 Ingrid Baluch (Uganda) rain starts . ................ 30 Kingdom) geography lesson... .........56 fish stall . .................... 39 Isaac Ofori Okyere and all is still— ............. 49 Srinivasa Rao Sambangi goat droppings .............. 39 (Ghana) Eufemia Griffo (Italy) (India) Makarios Wakoko nectar— ..........................31 old djembé ......................50 the lion ... ........................57 (Kenya) firewood on fire...............31 lunar eclipse ...................50 Pasquale Asprea harmattan winds............41 Adedoyin Luqman Harmattan fury— ...........50 (Italy) (Nigeria) equatorial dawn .............58 journeying home .............32 viii Editors’ Note Editors’ Note ix “The Mamba” Editors’ Note Journal Of Africa Haiku Network Maria Laura Valente casual walk— ................ 66 Debbie Strange (Canada) Slobodan Pupovac (Italy) Beer Day— .................... 66 blended family . ..........75 (Croatia) palm tree canopy— ........59 Antonio Mangiameli fickle winds .....................75 jeeps ............................... 84 harmattan night— ..........59 (Italy) Mohammad Azim Khan deep jungle .................... 84 sub-Saharan sunset - ......59 harmattan wind ..............67 (Pakistan) Nikolay Grankin (Russia) folktales at dusk — .........59 Basantkumar Das Harmattan ... .................76 savannah ........................ 85 Keith A. Simmonds Bhubaneswar (India) hazy savannah ... ...........76 unwary tourist ............... 85 (France) war of thorns ................. 68 Mara river .....................76 dry river ......................... 85 sweltering heat .............. 60 Hansha Teki (New Antonio Mangiameli Goran Gatalica (Croatia) trees wilting ................... 60 Zealand) (Italy) harmattan night ............. 86 waterfall ......................... 60 far away ......................... 69 speaking to the flowers ...77 power outage.................86 Garry Eaton savannah dusk— ............ 69 Angelo B. Ancheta early harvesting.............86 (British Colombia) Sudebi Singha (India) (Philippines) Sandra Simpson a Maasai leans on ..........61 (New Zealand) abandoned house ............70 blood moon .....................78 Florin Golban (Romania) dusty plains .....................78 wrestling match—......... 89 Pravat Kumar Padhy late summer ....................62 photo safari— ............... 89 (India) Lavana Kray (Romania) wild cornflowers .............62 Essay & Workshop boundary wall— .............71 child pushed ashore.......79 Robin Smith croaking frog.................79 » Thirteen Ways of (USA) Krzysztof Kokot (Poland) Corine Timmer Reading Haiku Stone Town* alleys – ......72 harem of zebras ............. 63 (Portugal) by Michael Dylan Welch Giovanna Restuccia Marina Bellini (Italy) distant thunder . .........80 » Kano State Haiku (Italy) conservational park....... 64 stampede—....................80 Workshop Report by African sunset —