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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Page 51
... sometimes forgotten , even though it lies at the heart of the whole concept of oral literature . " Ruth Finnegan , Oral Poetry , 1992 Intellectuals an sociologists mus come an see What is happening now orally , It is really meking ...
... sometimes forgotten , even though it lies at the heart of the whole concept of oral literature . " Ruth Finnegan , Oral Poetry , 1992 Intellectuals an sociologists mus come an see What is happening now orally , It is really meking ...
Page 140
... Sometimes with laughter and sometimes with fear Huddled together round paraffin lamps Grateful for company , ignoring the damp Slaving in hospitals 140 MOVING VOICES : BLACK PERFORMANCE POETRY.
... Sometimes with laughter and sometimes with fear Huddled together round paraffin lamps Grateful for company , ignoring the damp Slaving in hospitals 140 MOVING VOICES : BLACK PERFORMANCE POETRY.
Page 190
... Sometimes I'm too frightened to write in case I write something terrible . I write when I travel and I used to get really good ideas just when I was about to go to sleep . I once woke my sister by jumping out of bed in the middle of the ...
... Sometimes I'm too frightened to write in case I write something terrible . I write when I travel and I used to get really good ideas just when I was about to go to sleep . I once woke my sister by jumping out of bed in the middle of the ...
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