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Being a Refugee Wasn't a Choice
A 2025 poetry anthology assembled by Charles Lipanda Mahigwe, Ruth Takondwa, and Salvador Cap Bic, with more than fifty voices writing about displacement, identity, injustice, and Dzaleka.
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About the Book
Being a Refugee Wasn’t a Choice is a 204-page poetry anthology assembled by Charles Lipanda Mahigwe, Ruth Takondwa, and Salvador Cap Bic. Writing EDEN published the paperback in 2025 under ISBN 9789996085130.
The collection
The collection brings together more than fifty contributors writing about war, displacement, identity, education, gender, belonging, and daily life in refugee communities. It developed through African Youth Artistic Poetry, a collective based in Dzaleka.
P. M. Quinns contributed editorial work and the foreword. Burning Trinity is credited for the cover illustration.
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