Moia Afrika [My Africa]

Moia Afrika [My Africa]

Black Literature in the Soviet Union

My Africa is a narrative poem that tells the story of a Black cavalry officer who fought and died for the Red Army’s revolutionary cause during the Russian Civil War. This edition of My Africa was published after Kornilov’s rehabilitation in 1957. It is illustrated with red and black drawings by Sergei Spitsyn, an artist who illustrated over one hundred books.

Boris Kornilov (1907-1938), author
Sergei Spitsyn, illustrator

Leningrad: Sovetskii pisatel’ [Soviet Writer]

1963

Russian

Book (Poetry)