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 71
... teacher that he would be good at cricket : Teacher tell me I am good at cricket , I tell teacher I am not , Teacher tell me We luv cricket , I tell teacher Not me , I want Trigonometry Fe help me people , Teacher tell me I am a born ...
... teacher that he would be good at cricket : Teacher tell me I am good at cricket , I tell teacher I am not , Teacher tell me We luv cricket , I tell teacher Not me , I want Trigonometry Fe help me people , Teacher tell me I am a born ...
Page 72
... teachers . He was told by one teacher that Angela Davis was a terrorist . Thinking to himself , " this is the woman who is fighting for the freedom of black people in America who are being lynched " , he promptly walked out of the class ...
... teachers . He was told by one teacher that Angela Davis was a terrorist . Thinking to himself , " this is the woman who is fighting for the freedom of black people in America who are being lynched " , he promptly walked out of the class ...
Page 109
... teacher , called Mr Nelson , reading Catweazle , doing all the characters in their different voices . She enjoyed going swimming and played the violin until it was stolen from the school . At secondary school , she liked drama and ...
... teacher , called Mr Nelson , reading Catweazle , doing all the characters in their different voices . She enjoyed going swimming and played the violin until it was stolen from the school . At secondary school , she liked drama and ...
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