Illustration eines ausgestreckten Arms, auf den Regentropfen fallen; umgeben von grünen Pflanzenblättern vor einem gelb-blauen Hintergrund; unten der Titel „First Rain Poetry“ und der Name Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo.
First Rain Poetry
Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo Series: Witnessed
English
Paperback, ca. 176 pages
140 x 205mm
978-3-96042-212-9 / 2-112
ca. 17,80 Euro
Publication date: 10/2026
Series: Witnessed
English
Paperback, ca. 176 pages
140 x 205mm
978-3-96042-212-9 / 2-112
ca. 17,80 Euro
Publication date: 10/2026

Content

Poetry combined with healing, Blackness, love, disability, liberation, and queer identity.

“First Rain Poetry” takes readers on a vivid journey, spanning the past, present and future. This collection of poems calls for a raw, considerate and honest self-dialogue and lovingly nudges the reader towards greater self-awareness.


Author & Series

Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo — Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo is a Black intersectionally interwoven and interdisciplinary artist, author and poet, whose art and work reflect her social realities and identities. Lahya knows that the acts of embodying joy and telling the story in their own words is freedom work. It is a way to hold space and take space. Lahya’s pronouns are Lahya and if needed she/her. Lahyas bed currently resides in Berlin. read more

Witnessed — Witnessed is a book series published in a cooperation between edition assemblage and Sharon Dodua Otoo. It contributes English language testimonies to existing “Black in Germany” accounts (both fiction and non-fiction) while simultaneously providing access to this literature to international English-speaking audiences. read more

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