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Social Share Literary icon, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, will be celebrated in a webinar on what would have been his 91st birthday. The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is hosting Words & Wisdom – Celebrating Kamau’s Birthday, via Zoom on Tuesday, May 11 at 5:30 p.m. The session will also be broadcast live on the NCF’s Facebook page. It has assembled some of the country’s finest literary and spoken word artists to read two of his pieces The Dust and Rites. The line-up includes: Winston Farrell, Jack Lewis, Cyndi Celeste, Ayesha Gibson-Gill, Matthew Murrell, Janine White, Irijah Nyzingha Alkins and T’afari Steede. ....
NCF celebrates the life of Professor the Honourable Kamau Brathwaite Article by May 10, 2021 The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is hosting a webinar to celebrate the life and legacy of literary icon Professor the Honourable Edward Kamau Brathwaite. The event, Words & Wisdom – Celebrating Kamau’s Birthday, will be held via Zoom tomorrow, Tuesday, May 11 at 5:30 p.m. Zoom ID: 821 7281 9525 Password: NCF 2021. The session will also be broadcast live on the NCF’s Facebook page. st birthday. To honour him, the NCF has assembled some of our country’s finest literary and spoken word artists to read two of his pieces The Dust and ....
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Barbados Today reports that poet Cyndi Celeste Marshall will “fly the Bajan flag” at the 2021 Women of the World Poetry Slam from April 6 to 10 in Dallas, Texas. What makes the occasion so unique is that she is the first Barbadian to enter. The event will see 80 female poets from around the world on stage. The artiste, whose stage name is Cyndi Celeste, is elated to be taking part. “I am just excited to show the American poetry scene what Caribbean people can do with their language. It also feels like quite a bit of pressure and that is because I put a fair set of pressure on myself.” ....