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Lindsay Thebe

Hello Lovely Listener! 2centspnf, expansively, 2cents poetry 'n film is a podcast dedicated to all things poetry; analyses, news, poetry books and all poets- pioneers, upcoming and aspiring. The podcast is hosted by Lindsay, an avid sketcher and unfledged writer who enjoys tea and taking photos. In the words of M. H. Abrams, "A vital literary culture is always on the move." , 2cents hopes to present you with an audible anthology that captures this vitality.

  1. Poetry Around the World- Ghana: Ancient and Pre Colonial Periods & The Ashanti

    07/17/2023

    Poetry Around the World- Ghana: Ancient and Pre Colonial Periods & The Ashanti

    Reach out to us! This episode took me a year to complete. Take your time with it ;) Timestamps: 00:00- Intro poem/ Green Africa- Horst Wolff 01:05- Briefing 02:43- Episode Theme 08:03- Kwesi Brew 09:50- Poem/ The Sea Eats Our Lands 10:26- Analysis 17:21- A Discussion on the Oral Tradition 19:59- Libation/Cobby D Poet 23:20- Article/ The People of Ghana (J. Anquandah) 24:43- Making a New History 25:45- The Cultures of Ghana 29:48- The Peopling of Ghana 33:34- The Language Map of Ghana 37:17- Cultures & People 39:17- Food Culture & Taro Yams 39:54- Ethnomedicare  41:25- Arts, Crafts & Social Customs (Terracotta arts) 44:58- Interview transition 45:58- Poem recital/ Ashanti- Adjei Agyei-Baa 01:20:20- Poem recital/ A Feast in Ashanti- Kofi Amed 01:43:51- Analysis of the final lines 01:51:43- Song Discussion/ Nnwonkoro (D. Locke/K. Ampene) 01:55:21- Dr H.C. Jones on the Difference between Western and Trad. African Music 01:59:08- Conclusion 02:01:12- Poem/ Gold Coast Customs- Edith Sitwell Links/Articles mentioned in the episode: Brendal, Aformeziem. “Kwesi Brew and African Poetry.” Strathclyde, Apr. 2015, www.academia.edu/12056017/Kwesi_Brew_and_African_Poetry.How Poems Work #1 - L. S. Mensah on Kwesi Brew’s “the Sea Eats Our Lands.” www.oneghanaonevoice.com/2010/08/how-poems-work-1-l-s-mensah-on-kwesi.html.Kush, Femi. “Oral Tradition.” Kwasu, May 2018, www.academia.edu/36707753/Oral_Tradition.Persoon, James, et al. “The Early Poetry of Kwesi Brew: An Evaluation.” Kente: Cape Coast Journal of Literature and the Arts, vol. 3, no. 1, May 2022, pp. 40–58. https://doi.org/10.47963/jla.v3i1.835.THE PEOPLE OF GHANA: THEIR ORIGINS AND CULTURES on JSTOR. www.jstor.org/stable/43855009. Adjei Agyei-Baa/Ashanti Interview The Oweds - H.C. Jones, PhD  Poems featured in the episode: GREEN AFRICA Horst Wolff Africa, you catch our eyes Waking in your sudden bloom Of giant flowers, rainbow coloured Generous with limb and life, You are eternal in your trees Which crowd, luxuriate and rot; Returning to return. Your white-crowned mountain call us up Your slopes of promise where as eagles We look down your spread of green and the metal bodies of your rivers Bright with points of splintered light. Dreaming you, where’er I go I see Ancestors by their fires Forming worlds from tales and fables. THE SEA EATS OUR LANDS  Kwesi Brew Here stood our ancestral home: The crumbling wall marks the spot. Here a sheep was led to slaughter To appease the gods and atone For faults which our destiny Has blossomed into crimes. There my cursed father once stood And shouted at us, his children. To come back from our play To our evening meal and sleep. The clouds are thickening in the red sky And night had charmed A black power into the pounding waves. Here once lay Keta. Now her golden girls Erode into the arms O

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Hello Lovely Listener! 2centspnf, expansively, 2cents poetry 'n film is a podcast dedicated to all things poetry; analyses, news, poetry books and all poets- pioneers, upcoming and aspiring. The podcast is hosted by Lindsay, an avid sketcher and unfledged writer who enjoys tea and taking photos. In the words of M. H. Abrams, "A vital literary culture is always on the move." , 2cents hopes to present you with an audible anthology that captures this vitality.