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. |
From inside the book
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... Caribbean People , 1966 " Our people have preserved our heritage through music and the most searing of poetic insights , whether through song - lyrics and dub , Louise Bennett or Paul Keen - Douglas ... Caribbean Culture Caribbean Culture.
... Caribbean People , 1966 " Our people have preserved our heritage through music and the most searing of poetic insights , whether through song - lyrics and dub , Louise Bennett or Paul Keen - Douglas ... Caribbean Culture Caribbean Culture.
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... Caribbean English was looked down on as inferior , particularly in the education system , both in the West Indies and in England . Until fairly recently , Caribbean education was colonial , relying on text - books like Nelson's West ...
... Caribbean English was looked down on as inferior , particularly in the education system , both in the West Indies and in England . Until fairly recently , Caribbean education was colonial , relying on text - books like Nelson's West ...
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... Caribbean Verse in English , Paula Burnett calls Una Marson ( 1905-1965 ) " the Caribbean's first woman poet of note " . Born in rural Jamaica , she came to England in 1932 where she became a political activist and feminist . In 1941 ...
... Caribbean Verse in English , Paula Burnett calls Una Marson ( 1905-1965 ) " the Caribbean's first woman poet of note " . Born in rural Jamaica , she came to England in 1932 where she became a political activist and feminist . In 1941 ...
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