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ALT 42: Oral and Written African Poetry and Poetics
Ernest N Emenyonu (Hrsg.)
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Sonstige Sprachen / Sonstige Literaturen
Beschreibung
Examines the state of African poetry today, the continuing influence of Africa's pioneer poets, today's new generation of poets, and their work in written poetry and in the spoken word, continuing oral indigenous traditions.
Almost half a century after ALT 6 and thirty-three years after ALT 16, what is the state of poetry and poetics in Africa? This volume of
ALT highlights major developments and continuities in the practice of the art of poetry in the continent. Contributions analyse new frontiers in the traditional African epic and the Yoruba
oríkì genre and innovations in form and theme, such as 'spoken word poetry' shared on digital media and pandemic poetry in the wake of COVID-19. They compare and contrast the work of Romeo Oriogun, Christopher Okigbo, and Gabriel Okara and of T.S. Eliot and Kofi Anyidoho. Other essays examine the complexities of translation from Ewe into English and the development of oral African poetry, underscoring its dynamism and the centrality of performance. The volume also includes interviews with poets Kofi Anyidoho, Kwame Dawes, and Kehinde Akano and tributes to Ama Ata Aidoo. Altogether, it highlights the richness and vibrancy of contemporary praxis and points to future directions in the field.
Kundenbewertungen
Pandemic poetry, Poetry analysis, Gabriel Okara, Yoruba oríkì, African epic, Contemporary poetry, Oral poetry, Oral indigenous traditions, Christopher Okigbo, Ewe language, Romeo Oriogun, Kofi Anyidoho, Spoken word poetry, Literary tradition, T.S. Eliot