Hiraeth Erzolirzoli: Wales-Cameroon anthology launch

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Hiraeth Erzolirzoli: A Wales – Cameroon Anthology (Swansea: Hafan Books) was given a spectacular launch in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, in October 2018.

The book features about 20 Welsh writers and 20 Cameroonian writers selected by editor Eric Ngalle Charles, a Cameroon-born writer of Wales (his memoir I, Eric Charles, Migrant will appear with Parthian Books in July).

The launch drew top Cameroonian political and arts personalities. The first ever Welsh-African joint anthology was enthusiastically covered in all Cameroonian arts media. Wales Arts International funded travel by Eric, Ifor and Mike as part of ongoing projects to develop Wales+Africa arts links.

Wales PEN Cymru is specifically interested in supporting refugee/exiled writers in Wales. Eric is an excellent example of how, as time passes and political scenery changes, an exiled writer can become a two-way ambassador.

Ifor ap Glyn (National Poet of Wales), Roaul Djimeli (director of Clijec – young writers’ association of Cameroon), Eric Ngalle Charles (writer and editor), and Mike Jenkins (writer and editor).

Media coverage for Eric Ngalle Charles bringing Welsh poets to Cameroon.

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