Poetry reading featuring Sekou Sundiata (Audio)

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Description
  • Sekou Sundiata poetry reading at Arthur Brown Memorial Reading. Recording Index: Introduction 0:00; Sundiata begins speaking and does call-and-response with audienceto warm up 6:14; First Person Plural 10:40; "What is the Mathematics of Today?" 14:17; Discussion of Malcolm X and mentor Toni Cade Bombara 17:02; Poem for Toni Cade Bombara, "Visiting Hours are Over" 19:26; Discussion of James Brown preceding "When the Apartment Slips from Quiet" 21:00; "When the Apartment Slips from Quiet" 23:38; anter with audience about romantic begging 25:20; Introduction to "We House" 27:00; "We House" 28:56; Discussion of storytelling and intro to "Black Boys to Men" 33:39; "Black Boys to Men" 35:11; Introduction to "Space's Monologue", discussion of the Movement and its fall in the 1970s, 37:53; "Space's Monologue" 41:27; Introduction to "Here's to the Was" 47:40 "Here's to the Was You Been" 48:23.
Subject
Creator
Funder
  • Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Access to Historical Records grant
Publisher
  • Washington University in St. Louis
Source
  • mp3 edited access file was created from unedited access file which was sourced from preservation WAV file that was generated from original audio cassette.
Language
  • English
Identifier
  • CASS.787
Series
  • River Styx at Duff's
  • River Styx Archive (MSS127), 1973-2001
  • Arthur Brown Memorial Reading
Note
  • Michael Castro outro and drums cut.
Extent
  • 00H51M02S
Description standard
Publication place
  • St. Louis, Missouri
Date issued
  • 1996-01-22T00:00:00Z
Collection
Visibility Open Access
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