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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... singing songs to accompany their digging , cutting , pulling , and driving , their basket weaving and grain grinding ... singers with the strongest voices fetched the highest prices . Floyd goes on to argue that " African musical traits ...
... singing songs to accompany their digging , cutting , pulling , and driving , their basket weaving and grain grinding ... singers with the strongest voices fetched the highest prices . Floyd goes on to argue that " African musical traits ...
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... singing two lines by herself , and being answered by the chorus . " The singing and chorus is usually referred to as ' call and response ' and in Africa these songs were usually sung by women . Call and response is a feature of work ...
... singing two lines by herself , and being answered by the chorus . " The singing and chorus is usually referred to as ' call and response ' and in Africa these songs were usually sung by women . Call and response is a feature of work ...
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... singing of a song like Drink to Me Only with thine Eyes based on Ben Jonson's poem , or to be heard memorising a ... sing I rap When ordered to speak I chat When ordered to die I lived An I don't play cricket . ORAL POETRY " The ...
... singing of a song like Drink to Me Only with thine Eyes based on Ben Jonson's poem , or to be heard memorising a ... sing I rap When ordered to speak I chat When ordered to die I lived An I don't play cricket . ORAL POETRY " The ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Performance Poetry | 51 |
Benjamin Zephaniah | 71 |
Copyright | |
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