Poetry Cafe - a special contribution on this antiracism day:
We explore racial prejudice and stereotyping through Poems by Grace Nichols and John Agard, as well as by Benjamin Zephaniah and Lemn Sissay in their own voices. We discuss Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit' and read two extracts about lynching from Jesmyn Ward's novel 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' (2014) 'Black Lives DO Matter'.
Playlist:-
1. A mini-Saga
2. Grace Nichols: 'Epilogue'
3. Definition of 'stereotype' (Concise Oxford English Dictionary)
4. Calypso Medley
5. John Agard: 'Stereotype'
6. Calypso Medley
7. Benjamin Zephaniah: 'Neighbours'
8. Lemn Sissay: 'Colour Blind'
9. Guardian Review on Lemn Sissay, Nov 18 2015
10. Billie Holiday: 'Strange Fruit' (twice: studio recording & live performance)
11. Jesmyn Ward: 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' (two extracts from the 2017 novel, both about lynching)
12. Billie Holiday: 'Willow Weep for Me'
13. 'Stormy Blues'
14. 'I Get a Kick out of You'
15. 'A Ghost of a Chance'
16. 'Isn't this a Lovely Day?'
17. 'Gone with the Wind'