ISHMAEL FIIFI ANNOBIL
Ishmael Fiifi Annobil, poeta de Ghana, periodista, fotógrafo y cineasta. Nacido en Accra, Ghana en 1958, comenzó a escribir poesía a la edad de once años, en 1969, inspirado en los poetas de Ghana de la época, principalmente Atukwei Okai, que posteriormente se convirtió en su mentor. Ishmael se convirtió en un miembro de la Asociación Nacional de Ghana de escritores a los diecinueve años, y después de una corta estadía en "Ghana" periódico diario gráfico, como corrector de pruebas y reportero independiente, emigró a África oriental, viviendo en el sur de Sudán y Kenia, donde escribió para los refugiados y las personas sin hogar. Posteriormente trabajó en Kenia negocios en temas relacionados con política, economía, artes y como reportero.
Ishmael se trasladó a Inglaterra en 1983, y trabajó brevemente en una revista de Londres diáspora como editor adjunto, antes de pasar once años en Gales, donde fundó el festival internacional de poesía, Iolo’s Children y el periódico Circa21. Es el fundador del colectivo internacional de cine, Stonedog Producciones (Camden, Londres). Ishymael estudió Antropología Social extramuros en el Colegio de Goldsmith, y tomó un PgDip en Comunicación Visual en West Herts Colegio.
La traducción corre a cargo de Gustavo Osorio.
http://circulodepoesia.com/2017/04/poesia-ghanesa-contemporanea/
Ruanda
Setas crecen
En sus fosas nasales —
Envenenados, los soldados —
Murciélagos,
Presionados contra
El rojo destello de
Cuchillas de un
Apocalipsis.
El sol diurno
Cayó en
El río — el arco iris es incoloro —
La penumbra lloró
Lágrimas rojas
Y aulló.
(Grangetown, Cardiff: 20 de mayo de 1994)
Rwanda
Toadstools grow
In their nostrils —
Poisoned, the soldiers —
Bats,
Pressed to
The red glint of
Blades of an
Apocalypse.
The day sun
Fell into
The river — the rainbow is off colour —
The penumbra wept
Red tears
And howled.
(Grangetown, Cardiff: 20 May 1994)
Ishmael Fiifi Annobil, the Ghanaian poet, journalist, photographer and filmmaker. Born in Accra, Ghana, he started writing poetry at the age of eleven, in 1969, inspired by Ghana’s Avant Garde poets of the time, chiefly Atukwei Okai, who subsequently became his mentor. Ishmael become a member of the Ghana National Association of Writers at nineteen, and after a short stint on Ghana’s Daily Graphic Newspaper as a proof-reader and freelance reporter, he emigrated to East Africa, living in Southern Sudan and Kenya, where he wrote, co-produced and performed the acclaimed multi-media show, Criers on the Thresholds of Reality, for refugees and the homeless. He subsequently worked on the Kenya Business Spotlight as a politics, economics, and arts reporter.
Ishmael relocated to England in 1983, and worked briefly on a London Diaspora magazine as deputy editor, before spending eleven years in Wales, where he founded the international poetry festival, Iolo’s Children and Wales’ first serious arts newspaper, Circa21. He is the founder of the international film collective, Stonedog Productions (Camden, London). An ardent screenwriter, producer and director, his films for Stonedog include In The Presence of Awe - The Transvangarde (art documentary), Kenji Yoshida - Artist of the Soul (art documentary), Salamander Walks, the surrealistic fictional narrative feature, and Hornsleth: Product of Love, a definitive documentary about controversial Danish artist Kristian Von Hornsleth. He has published two collections of poetry: Seven Horn Elegy and Ethiop, and an important monograph of his original GaDangme emblems, Abëtëi. His forthcoming books include Portrait of a Man in Pain (novel) Inklings of Clay (novella) and Utopia of the Worms (poetry). Ishmael studied Social Anthropology extramurally at Goldsmith’s College, and took a PgDip in Visual Communications at West Herts College.
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