Dawes and Abani have taken on the vital project of publishing short collections by contemporary poets from Africa packaged together in beautiful boxed sets. --New York Times Magazine The limited-edition box set is a project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks every year by African poets through Akashic Books. The series seeks to identify the best poetry written by African poets working today and it is especially interested in featuring poets who have not yet published their first full-length book of poetry. The thirteen poets included in this box set are: Selina Nwulu Ayan M. Omar Jeremy Teddy Karn Ajibola Tolase Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu Sara Elkamel Precious Arinze Lameese Badr Qutouf Yahia Edil Hassan Kolawole Adebayo Cynthia Amoah and Saradha Soobrayen