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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... Voices ' , was " the main opportunity for any kind of publication by West Indian writers " . There was , however , still prejudice against Caribbean accents . Figueroa recalls how even some Jamaicans thought his reading voice did not ...
... Voices ' , was " the main opportunity for any kind of publication by West Indian writers " . There was , however , still prejudice against Caribbean accents . Figueroa recalls how even some Jamaicans thought his reading voice did not ...
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... Voices : An Anthology of West Indian Poetry Volume 1 Dreams and Visions , London : Evans Brothers ( ed . ) ( 1970 ) Volume 2 The Blue Horizons , London : Evans Brothers Finnegan , Ruth ( ed . ) ( 1978 ) The Penguin Book of Oral Poetry ...
... Voices : An Anthology of West Indian Poetry Volume 1 Dreams and Visions , London : Evans Brothers ( ed . ) ( 1970 ) Volume 2 The Blue Horizons , London : Evans Brothers Finnegan , Ruth ( ed . ) ( 1978 ) The Penguin Book of Oral Poetry ...
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... Voices traces the African oral tradition ,. Benjamin Zephaniah : 1. Dis Poetry 2. No Problem 3. I Have a Scheme Patience Agbabi : 26. The Change 27. It's Better Post- than Pre28. The Earth Mother Valerie Bloom : 4 ... VOICES MOVING VOICES.
... Voices traces the African oral tradition ,. Benjamin Zephaniah : 1. Dis Poetry 2. No Problem 3. I Have a Scheme Patience Agbabi : 26. The Change 27. It's Better Post- than Pre28. The Earth Mother Valerie Bloom : 4 ... VOICES MOVING VOICES.
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