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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... sound the jubilee ! See the wives and husbands sold apart ; Their children's screams will break any heart . There's a better day a - coming ; Will you go along with me ? Go sound the jubilee ! The most influential orator in the first ...
... sound the jubilee ! See the wives and husbands sold apart ; Their children's screams will break any heart . There's a better day a - coming ; Will you go along with me ? Go sound the jubilee ! The most influential orator in the first ...
Page 65
... sound systems of the 1970s were a source of inspiration for many Black people who later developed as poets , such as Benjamin Zephaniah , Levi Tafari and Asher . The sound system was not just a form of technology , but a whole cultural ...
... sound systems of the 1970s were a source of inspiration for many Black people who later developed as poets , such as Benjamin Zephaniah , Levi Tafari and Asher . The sound system was not just a form of technology , but a whole cultural ...
Page 152
... sound systems and from Bob Marley , as in ' Redemption Song ' : Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds . He describes the way he writes : " I get an idea and just keep going over it in my head ...
... sound systems and from Bob Marley , as in ' Redemption Song ' : Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds . He describes the way he writes : " I get an idea and just keep going over it in my head ...
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