Kamau Brathwaite and Christopher Okigbo
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- ISBN 9783039117161
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 09 Mar 2009
- Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book is the first comparative work of its kind to provide an extended analysis of the contribution of Kamau Brathwaite and Christopher Okigbo. It considers the poetic works of these two artists as they responded to the transformations taking place within Africa and the Caribbean during the Independence period. Some of the issues discussed include: politics and art, religion, spirituality, traditional culture versus popular culture, language and identity, literature and orality, cyber-culture and identity.
This book highlights some of the similarities and differences in the life and work of these two poets and examines various aspects of their style. It provides a clearer understanding of the stances these artists took on crucial issues that would shape the face of their respective societies way beyond the Independence period.
This book highlights some of the similarities and differences in the life and work of these two poets and examines various aspects of their style. It provides a clearer understanding of the stances these artists took on crucial issues that would shape the face of their respective societies way beyond the Independence period.
The Author: Curwen Best is Senior Lecturer in Popular Culture and Literary Studies in the Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. He is an authority on Caribbean popular culture. His published books include: Barbadian Popular Music (1999); Roots to Popular Culture (2001); Culture @ the Cutting Edge (2005); The Politics of Caribbean Cyberculture (2008).
