Moving Voices: Black Performance PoetryHansib, 2002 - 231 pages A comprehensive collection of poems by twelve,leading Caribbean and UK-born performance poetsthis book not only features biographies of each,poet and a detailed introduction discussing Black,performance poetry and its roots in the oral,traditions of African and Caribbean culture, but,also an accompanying CD with live performances,of selected poems. Check out the website,www.movingvoices.co.uk. |
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... African Americans story types , characters , motifs , and styles of telling that bear the distinctive traits of south Saharan Africa's ways of making stories . " Similarly , The Oxford Companion to African American ... African American oral ...
... African Americans story types , characters , motifs , and styles of telling that bear the distinctive traits of south Saharan Africa's ways of making stories . " Similarly , The Oxford Companion to African American ... African American oral ...
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... America where he built up the largest African American mass movement in American history - the Universal Negro Improvement Association . His ' Back to Africa ' slogan was aimed at restoring respect for African culture among Black Americans ...
... America where he built up the largest African American mass movement in American history - the Universal Negro Improvement Association . His ' Back to Africa ' slogan was aimed at restoring respect for African culture among Black Americans ...
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Black Performance Poetry Asher Hoyles, Martin Hoyles. Music and Song In Africa , men and women sang as ... American music . " He lists some of the musical instruments of African ... African music in 32 MOVING VOICES : BLACK PERFORMANCE POETRY.
Black Performance Poetry Asher Hoyles, Martin Hoyles. Music and Song In Africa , men and women sang as ... American music . " He lists some of the musical instruments of African ... African music in 32 MOVING VOICES : BLACK PERFORMANCE POETRY.
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