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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... telling Another major aspect of African culture is story - telling . The stories would be handed down by mothers and grandmothers , often consisting of fables about intelligent animals who survive by their wits , for example , the wily ...
... telling Another major aspect of African culture is story - telling . The stories would be handed down by mothers and grandmothers , often consisting of fables about intelligent animals who survive by their wits , for example , the wily ...
Page 71
... 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 Cricketer , But I never ...... ( well only once ) , I don't play cricket . At school he ...
... 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 Cricketer , But I never ...... ( well only once ) , I don't play cricket . At school he ...
Page 85
... telling sessions and everybody would get up and tell a story and that would be a performance . Poetry was never read , it was always performed . We used to have tea parties at school where the school would put on a session to raise ...
... telling sessions and everybody would get up and tell a story and that would be a performance . Poetry was never read , it was always performed . We used to have tea parties at school where the school would put on a session to raise ...
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