RACHEL AFIA ANSONG, an assistant professor of Africana studies at the University of Rhode Island, was recently presented the 2026 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets by the African Poetry Book Fund for her poetry collection, “I buried [her] in a field of lemongrass.” The award, given annually to an African poet who has
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