The title of this collection of poetry, Kale ya Washairi wa Pemba: Kamange na Sarahani is translated as, iThe Past of Pemba Poets: Kamange and Sarahanii. Pemba, for those who may need reminding is the smaller of the two islands known as Zanzibar, the other being Unguja. The poets whose works make up the collection lived between the last half of the 19th and early 20th century in Pemba, but their poetry was known and much appreciated throughout the Swahili world of the time, meaning the coastal towns of East Africa, in particular, Mombasa, Lamu, Zanzibar and other settlements. The two famous...