Studio recordings and live performances of poems by Linton Kwesi Johnson, E.A. Markham, Jean Binta Breeze, David Dabydeen, Amryl Johnson, James Berry, John Agard, Grace Nichols, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Michael Smith. Recorded 1979-1985 in London and Canterbury. Includes material released on audio cassette as Contemporary literature on tape 1 and in the Bluefoot cassettes series as well as unissued recordings. Compact discs. Booklet with notes, contents, and credits ([11] p.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Disc 1. Introduction to Qu'est-ce qu'elle dit? ; Qu'est-ce qu'elle dit? ; Introduction to J'ouvert ; J'ouvert (We ting) ; Introduction to The loaded dice ; The loaded dice ; Introduction to Dying in the street ; Dying in the street ; Introduction to Granny in de market place ; Granny in de market place ; Hole in the wind ; For a sister ; Introduction to The unpaved road ; The unpaved road / Amryl Johnson. Inheritance ; Introduction to Nibble, nibble ; Nibble, nibble ; Butcher ; Introduction to Grandmotherpoem ; Grandmotherpoem ; A mugger's game ; Don't talk to me about bread ; Introduction to The mother's tale ; The mother's tale ; The father's story ; A good life sonnet / E A Markham -- Duppy street ; Hustler skank ; Aid travels with a bomb ; Lovin wasn easy ; Riddym ravings (the mad woman's poem) / Jean Binta Breeze -- Introduction to Coolie mother ; Coolie mother ; Miranda ; Catching crabs ; The new poetry ; Introduction to Coolie odyssey ; Coolie odyssey / David Dabydeen -- Introduction to Qu'est-ce qu'elle dit? ; Qu'est-ce qu'elle dit? ; Introduction to J'ouvert ; J'ouvert (We ting) ; Introduction to The loaded dice ; The loaded dice ; Introduction to Dying in the street ; Dying in the street ; Introduction to Granny in de market place ; Granny in de market place ; Hole in the wind ; For a sister ; Introduction to The unpaved road ; The unpaved road / Amryl Johnson. Introducing Michael Smith (speaker, Linton Kwesi Johnson) ; Introduction by Michael Smith ; I an I alone ; Trainer ; Long time ; Black and white ; Give me little dub music ; Yout out deh ; Me feel it, yuh see ; Me cyaan believe it / Michael Smith. Half-caste ; Palm tree king ; Introduction to Anancy's thoughts on love ; Anancy's thoughts on love ; Go spread wings ; Introduction to If you don't have horse, then ride cow ; If you don't have horse, then ride cow ; Introduction to poems from Man to pan ; Deliver ; Let each hammer blow ; Is the sinking ; Four hands honed by pan grooves ; Is more than a snapshot mirror ; Beat it out man / John Agard -- Introduction to I is a long memoried woman ; From dih pout of mih mouth ; One continent/To another ; Waterpot ; Without song ; Sugar cane ; Introduction to I coming back ; I coming back ; Night is her robe ; This kingdom ; Holding my beads / Grace Nichols -- Dis poetry ; Miss World ; I love me mudder (mother)-- ; War ; Call it what you like! / Benjamin Zephaniah -- Introducing Michael Smith (speaker, Linton Kwesi Johnson) ; Introduction by Michael Smith ; I an I alone ; Trainer ; Long time ; Black and white ; Give me little dub music ; Yout out deh ; Me feel it, yuh see ; Me cyaan believe it / Michael Smith.
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