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Kofi Anyidoho interview, Video, 1998
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| Title | Kofi Anyidoho interview, 1998 |
| Creator | Anyidoho, Kofi |
| Creator - Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Contributor | Nazareth, Peter |
| Date Original | 1998 |
| Description | Peter Nazareth interviews Kofi Anyidoho, a poet from Ghana. Anyidoho talks about how his writing has been influenced by oral tradition. He feels a close connection between music and poetry is intrigued by the way language can express emotion and feelings through the use of metaphor, imagery and other tools. Anyidoho reads one of his poems, “Words Are Birds,” in English and then a tape-recorded version of the poem is played in Ewe, Anyidoho's native language. Anyidoho talks about the current state of Africa and how slavery continues to have an impact on life there. He feels that people shouldn't try and forget about slavery, but that they should talk about it in order to understand and overcome it. Anyidoho views education as the key to creating a better life for people living in Africa and hopes that his poetry will help people to have a greater self-knowledge. Anyidoho quotes a friend who says that “slavery is a living wound,” and argues that words can help heal that wound. He discusses a piece he wrote in Ghana that has had a great impact on people there and in other parts of Africa in dealing with the pain of slavery. |
| Keywords |
Oral tradition poetry music Ghana slavery education |
| Topical Subject (LCTGM) |
Authors Writing |
| Personal Name Subject | Anyidoho, Kofi |
| Geographic Subject | United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City |
| Chronological Subject | 1990-2000 |
| Related Works | Anyidoho, Kofi, and Kofi Anyidoho. 1984. A harvest of our dreams ; with, Elegy for the revolution : poems. African writers series. London: Heinemann.; Anyidoho, Kofi. 1985. Earthchild, with Brain surgery: poems. Accra: Woeli Pub. Services.; Kofi Anyidoho's |
| Type (DCMIType) |
Moving image Sound |
| Type (AAT) | Interviews |
| Duration | 00:27:00 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Virtual Writing University Archive |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. International Writing Program |
| Subcollection | International Writing Program Collection |
| Rights Management | Educational use only, no other rights given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. |
| Contact Information | Contact the VWU Webmaster: http://www.writinguniversity.org/index.php/main/info/25/ |
| Digitization Specifications | Originally recorded on VHS videotape and converted to wav and mp3 files. Master digital recording available in .wav format. |
| Date Digital | 2005-04-12 |
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