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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Page 62
... hear it in the voice , and you hear his consciousness of pace , when you listen to his recording , and when you hear him perform you would hear that he had worked for hours on the pacing of his poetry , you know . So it wasn't just ...
... hear it in the voice , and you hear his consciousness of pace , when you listen to his recording , and when you hear him perform you would hear that he had worked for hours on the pacing of his poetry , you know . So it wasn't just ...
Page 91
... HEAR BOUT Yuh hear bout di people dem arres Fi bun dung di Asian people dem house ? Yuh hear bout de policeman dem lock up Fi beat up di black bwoy widout a cause ? Yuh hear bout di M.P. dem sack because im refuse fi help im black ...
... HEAR BOUT Yuh hear bout di people dem arres Fi bun dung di Asian people dem house ? Yuh hear bout de policeman dem lock up Fi beat up di black bwoy widout a cause ? Yuh hear bout di M.P. dem sack because im refuse fi help im black ...
Page 92
... hear de nedda bwoy halla out , " A come mi come fe come wait fe yuh " An dat is not all dat puzzle im , Why wi run wi words togedda ? When im expec ' fe hear " the other " , Im hear dis one word , " todda " . Some o ' de expression dem im ...
... hear de nedda bwoy halla out , " A come mi come fe come wait fe yuh " An dat is not all dat puzzle im , Why wi run wi words togedda ? When im expec ' fe hear " the other " , Im hear dis one word , " todda " . Some o ' de expression dem im ...
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