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 97
... strong Victorian lady , very tall and strapping . She said she feared nobody at all - only God , no man . She brought us up very strict and often after school , when other kids were playing out , I was in the garden hoeing and weeding ...
... strong Victorian lady , very tall and strapping . She said she feared nobody at all - only God , no man . She brought us up very strict and often after school , when other kids were playing out , I was in the garden hoeing and weeding ...
Page 102
... strong strong and in high position in the islands . That night when he came home he found a raw breast of chicken . Pinned to it was a scribbled note : " Yuh food . Gone to lime with my sisters in the women's club . ' His cussin set the ...
... strong strong and in high position in the islands . That night when he came home he found a raw breast of chicken . Pinned to it was a scribbled note : " Yuh food . Gone to lime with my sisters in the women's club . ' His cussin set the ...
Page 145
... strong , consistent scottish , welsh or irish english , black or white we can create a balanced harmony if we would just unite to furnish strong foundations of trust , basic respect move with forgiveness to the future ( though we never ...
... strong , consistent scottish , welsh or irish english , black or white we can create a balanced harmony if we would just unite to furnish strong foundations of trust , basic respect move with forgiveness to the future ( though we never ...
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