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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.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Theory of music & musicology

• Full title: Kamau Brathwaite and Christopher Okigbo
• Author: Curwen Best
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228
• EAN: 9783039117161
• ISBN: 9783039117161
• ID: 10024010
• Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
• Weight: 304 g
• Dimensions: 150 × 211 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. March 2009

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