David  Diop,Simon Mpondo,Frank Jones
It is rare that the control of the verb and the depth of the emotion are combined, that the distance and the gift agree. In this paradoxical harmony, the best is revealed. The word of David Diop testifies to this admirable and difficult place. David Diop knew Africa by heart, in its depths, in its living sources, in its people, that is, in its truth. He knew it in its fragility and its caricatures, avatars of an Africa sold and exploited at the markets of history. The poet lived this tension, heavy with this suffering, but carried forward by the hope that the vitality of the peoples of Africa inspires. This dual postulation marks his approach as a committed Negro-African writer, lucid and rigorous in his fight. That's why these beautiful and proud texts remain so close to us, fraternal and always exemplary.
Poetry
Hammer Blows and Other Writings