This debut collection of poetry is a plea and a gift from two bright young writers, one from the African Diaspora, the other from Africa. Writing of the most salient of issues and evocative of themes in the African experience, Yannick Marshall and Yemi Aganga use their poetry to argue for Pan-African unity. Offering moments of intense political lyricism and deep, often mournful, meditations, Old Friends, We Made This for You is a profound and beautiful symbol of African solidarity and redemption.

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Yannick Marshall is a young Afrikan poet of St. Lucian and Jamaican heritage. He lives in Toronto. Yemi Aganga is a young Afrikan writer of Nigerian heritage and a citizen of Botswana.

"Old Friend, We Made This For You is the most exciting and accomplished book of mainly Canadian poetry you will read (and feel) for years. It is an annunciation of genius. It is Revelationist Poetry. It is exemplary. It is a triumph. It is 'The Greatest' debut of our era." —George Elliott Clarke