Name/TitleScribe Sistren: Poems by Benji
MakerBenjamin, Thandiwe
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectPaperback book titled 'Scribe Sistren: Poems by Benji', written by Thandiwe Benjamin with illustrations Stella Lymas. The blurb on the back cover begins: "This collection was written by and portrays one experience of a black woman growing up through adolescence to maturity. You will see the struggle and search for identity: a struggle shared by many second generation black youths. They grew up in Britain, never fully accepted as British but being defined as West Indian was not enough either because the West Indies for them was only the memories of an older generation..."
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 210 x W: 145 x D: 5 mm
Date Made1987
Period1980s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesCentreprise Trust Ltd, 136 Kingsland High Street, Hackney, London, E8 2NS
PublisherCentreprise Trust Ltd
Publication Date1987
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordspoetry & verse
Subject and Association KeywordsBlack women writers
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
ISBN/ISSN0 903738 72 4
Object numberGWL-2025-94-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved