The Power of Caribbean Poetry: Word & Sound
Number of items in collection: 24
Short description:
Recordings in this collection can be played by anyone.
These recordings were made by the British Library at Homerton College, Cambridge, 20-22 September 2012. ‘The Power of Caribbean Poetry - Word and Sound’ was a conference on contemporary Caribbean Poetry from English-speaking territories, linked to the Caribbean Poetry Project 2010-2012.Long description:
Recordings in this collection can be played by anyone.
These recordings were made by the British Library at Homerton College, Cambridge, 20-22 September 2012. ‘The Power of Caribbean Poetry - Word and Sound’ was a conference on contemporary Caribbean Poetry from English-speaking territories, linked to the Caribbean Poetry Project 2010-2012.The recordings include:
- readings from poets John Agard, Christian Campbell, Kei Miller, Mark McWatt, Mervyn Morris, Philip Nanton, Grace Nichols, Velma Pollard, Olive Senior, Dorothea Smartt and special guest Linton Kwesi Johnson, who gave a lecture on Jamaican poet Michael Smith
- keynotes from Mervyn Morris, Olive Senior and Professor Beverley Bryan
- panel discussions on the Caribbean Poetry Project 2010-2012 and the teaching of Caribbean poetry.
The Caribbean Poetry Project is a collaboration between the Centre for Commonwealth Education (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge), and the University of the West Indies at Mona (Jamaica), St Augustine (Trinidad) and Cave Hill (Barbados). The project was designed to promote and disseminate the teaching, understanding, and appreciation of Caribbean poetry in the Caribbean and the UK.