There must be a better way, and there is certainly more out there than is dreamed of in the YouTube-iverse, but in hopes of broadcasting to a wider audience (I am becoming, I feel, something of an evangelist), I've put together an African poetry channel on YouTube.
It will be slow going, for sure, and I still have to figure out the best way to capitalize on what YouTube offers, but as I'm working through all that you can help: send along links to clips you find of your favorite poet or just send along the names of new (and established -- I know I've used "old" repeatedly...) poets and I'll search for them too.
I don't link to everything. I want to make sure the videos are audible and of passable quality. I want them to be at least marginally significant, interesting, engaging, what have you... Yes, yes: all unabashedly subjective decisions.
So, argue with me.
Please.
And in the meantime -- I hope -- enjoy!!
4 comments:
This is a good resource; I found you on book SA
My thanks, Emmanuel. For those wondering, here's the link to the Book SA story (which links back to my piece on Achebe reading). Great resource, and a nice bit of publicity for APR -- which just means I need to get to work!
I am fan of Gabeba Baderoon and Rustum Kozain's poetry. Nice website.
-- Sean
I'm developing my appreciation of Baderoon as I read and hear more of her work. Kozain is a new name to me. I'll have to run down some of his work. Found some videos of readings that I'll get posted to apr (usa) on youtube.
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