Emmanuel Hitilasha describes his native village and reads African Way.

Namibia

Poetry from around the Commonwealth. A poem from every competing nation and territory sent to Glasgow for the 2012 Commonwealth Games, capturing the essence of  the Commonwealth.

Teweiariki Teaero weaves the Commonwealth together in Kaleidoscope of Hope.

Kiribati

Frank Scott sends a poem from the Spice Islands, Grenada.

Grenada

Jully Makini makes fun of young women becoming Westernised in her poem Civilised Girl.

Solomon Islands

Ras Mo, who works with young people on violence prevention, reads Pink and Blue.

Dominica

Vladimir Lucien talks about the ‘cutlery of empire’ in his poem Ebb I.

Namibia

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