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Apr 21, 14 •
Curator's Notes, Ghana, Poetry •
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In a blog post titled ‘Lupita is Beautiful, but Black BEEN Beautiful‘, Dr Blay addresses the power of the media and how the constant validation of Lupita Nyongo’o’s beauty, has given many the confidence to find beauty in their own...
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Apr 14, 14 •
Articles, Music, Nigeria •
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‘Say Yes Evolved’ is the new album from Boston-based award-winning poet and recording artist Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo. Iyeoka is a TED Fellow and a spokesperson for the Amenawon Foundation, an organization that improves the livelihood of rural...
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Feb 14, 14 •
Articles, Books, Nigeria, Poetry, United Kingdom •
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London-born author and lecturer Patience Agbabi, has taken Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and remixed it into a modern day interpretation for the 21st Century. Telling Tales is Agbabi’s fourth poetry collection and is a result of her ongoing...
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Dec 11, 13 •
Articles, Books •
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M on his Chest is the latest offering from Guinean Spoken word poet IBé. In 2010, IBé was the recipient of the Midwestern Voices Award and is the author of “Bridge Across Atlantic”, a collection of poems about life between Africa and America. ...
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Dec 2, 13 •
Events •
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The works of Chaucer will be given a hip-hop style remix this Christmas in a ground breaking youth project which will bring medieval poetry into the 21stcentury. Throughout December, Chaucer FFWD aims to transform a group of London’s inner city...