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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... Jamaican folklore , visiting the Maroons , attending old - time tea - meetings , religious ceremonies , dinkies ( wakes ) , weddings and concerts throughout Jamaica . She became a leading folklore specialist , helping to save much of ...
... Jamaican folklore , visiting the Maroons , attending old - time tea - meetings , religious ceremonies , dinkies ( wakes ) , weddings and concerts throughout Jamaica . She became a leading folklore specialist , helping to save much of ...
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... Jamaica and brought him up strictly in Jamaican culture , as he remembers : " There were a lot of Caribbean and African people around . Liverpool has one of the oldest continuous black communities in Europe , because of the docks and ...
... Jamaica and brought him up strictly in Jamaican culture , as he remembers : " There were a lot of Caribbean and African people around . Liverpool has one of the oldest continuous black communities in Europe , because of the docks and ...
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... Jamaican Patois , Jamaica : Kingston Publishers Alleyne , Mervyn C. ( 1988 ) Roots of Jamaican Culture , London : Pluto Allsopp , Richard ( 1996 ) Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage , New York : Oxford University Press Andrews ...
... Jamaican Patois , Jamaica : Kingston Publishers Alleyne , Mervyn C. ( 1988 ) Roots of Jamaican Culture , London : Pluto Allsopp , Richard ( 1996 ) Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage , New York : Oxford University Press Andrews ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Performance Poetry | 51 |
Benjamin Zephaniah | 71 |
Copyright | |
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