African Poets and Writers

 Here you will find links to famous African-American poets such as Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, etc... At each Poet site, you will be able to read over their Biography, Poems, and even check out their picture....

Robert Hayden
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/roberthayden.html

Sterling Brown
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/sterlingbrown.html

Rita Dove
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/ritadove.html

Maya Angelou
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/mayaangelou.html

Lucille Clifton
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/lucilleclifton.html

Paul L. Dunbar
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/pauldunbar.html

Jean Toomer
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/jeantoomer.html

Nikki Giovanni
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/nikkigiovanni.html

Langston Hughes
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/langstonhughes.html

Countee Cullen
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/counteecullen.html

Tupac Shakur
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/tupacshakur.html

Gwendolyn Brooks
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/gwendolynbrooks.html

Claude McKay
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/claudemckay.html

Anne Spencer
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/annespencer.html

Arna Bontemps
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/arnabontemps.html

June Jordan
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/junejordan.html

Quincy Troupe
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/quincytroupe.html

Alice Walker
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/alicewalker.html

Amiri Baraka
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/amiribaraka.html

Audre Lorde
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/audrelorde.html

Marcus Garvey
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/marcusgarvey.html

Etheridge Knight
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/etheridgeknight.html

James Weldon Johnson
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/jamesjohnson.html

Frances E.W. Harper
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/francesharper.html

Ntozake Shange
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/ntozakeshange.html

Angelina W. Grimke
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/angelinagrimke.html

Jessie Redmon Fauset
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/jessiefauset.html

Derek Walcott
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/derekwalcott.html

Yusef Komunyakaa
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/yusefkomunyakaa.html

Marilyn Nelson
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/marilynnelson.html

Jayne Cortez
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/jaynecortez.html

Wanda Coleman
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/wandacoleman.html

Sonia Sanchez
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/soniasanchez.html

Forrest Hamer
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/forresthamer.html

Haki Madhubuti
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/hakimadhubuti.html

Phillis Wheatley
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/philliswheatley.html

Harryette Mullen
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/harryettemullen.html

Elizabeth Alexander
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/elizabethalexander.html

Al Young
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/alyoung.html

Toi Derricotte
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/toiderricotte.html

Cornelius Eady
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/corneliuseady.html

Michael S. Harper
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/michaelharper.html

Wole Soyinka
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/wolesoyinka.html

Natasha Trethewey
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/natashatrethewey.html

Ishmael Reed
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/ishmaelreed.html

Ai
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/ai.html

Carolyn M. Rodgers
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/carolynrodgers.html

Mari Evans
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/marievans.html

Clarence Major
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/clarencemajor.html

James Emanuel
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/jamesemanuel.html

Margaret Walker
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/margaretwalker.html

Carl Phillips
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/carlphillips.html

Gil-Scott Heron      ~ NEW POET - 10 new poems ~
http://www.AfroPoets.Net/gilscottheron.html