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xv Acknowledgments A Judge William Holmes Cook Professorship at Southern Illinois University , Carbondale freed me to devote a great deal of time to refining the anthology. Also, funds from the professorship kept me well supplied with the materials that ensured the book’s publication. I thank the offices of the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and of the provost for the nomination and appointment. I also thank my friend, Dr. Teresa Barnes, who came to my aid when I needed help contacting a poet in Cape Town, South Africa. The following scholars lent the words for “love” in their languages: Dr. Nkonko Kamwangamalu, renowned linguist and friend; Dr. Onuchekwa Jemie, former colleague at Howard University; and Mr. Moses Okeyo at Idaho State University, Pocatello. Of all my many cheerleaders, Pat was always right behind my back pushing me to finish the work; Barbara and Larry did the same from the morning side of the country; while Helen and Masauko kept wondering when they would stop hearing about this new anthology. BendingtheBow ...

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