Japa Fire

The collection takes its name from "The Japa Fire" by Ayo Ayoola-Amale, one of the contributors, exploring experiences of irregular migration. Each of the 63 poems in the collection has been selected for how it speaks to themes around African and African diasporic migration and (im)mobility and to other poems in the collection, and for the contribution each makes to the conversation taking place around the world on the themes.

Featuring contributions from Abíọ́dún Abdul, Nzingha Assata, Ayo Ayoola-Amale, Jo Blackwood, Efua Boadu, Anayo Dioha, Philippa Hatendi-Louiceus, Amanda Holiday, Sello Huma, Nandi Jola, Ilan Kelman, Tifany MarSah, Epiphanie Mukasano, M Sahr Nouwah, Mark Kennedy Nsereko, Collins Chibunna Nwachukwu, Helidah Ogude-Chambert, Omobola Osamor, Adaora Raji, and Laurène Southe, Japa Fire: An Anthology of Poems on African and African Diasporic Migration was initiated and coordinated by Forced Migration and The Arts, CivicLeicester, and the migrants' rights collective, Regularise.