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4 Extra Debut. Novelist Bernardine Evaristo explores the life of the man at the heart of the USA's 1960s Black Arts Movement. From 2015.

Novelist and poet Bernardine Evaristo explores the complex and controversial man - Amiri Baraka, who played a key role in developing the Black Arts Movement in the USA.

She looks back at how the energy of that cultural phenomenon in 1960s America, inspired her as an emerging Black writer in 1980s Britain.

In the first of two programmes, Bernardine returns to Rose Bruford College where she took her first steps towards building a career in the Arts. And she travels to New York to trace the steps that Amiri Baraka took towards establishing the Black Arts Movement.

Contributors:

Patricia St. Hilaire
Paulette Randall
Hazel Carey
Angelina Fiordellisi
Professor Jerry Gafio Watts

Readings:

Verity-May Henry
Chris Jack

Producer: Ekene Akalawu

First broadcast on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4 in October 2015.

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30 minutes

Last on

Fri 25 Mar 2022 02:30

Music Played

  • John Coltrane

    Afro Blue

    From the album Ken Burns Jazz

  • John Coltrane

    I Want To Talk About You

    Live performance taken from the album Newport ‘63

  • John Coltrane

    Out Of This World

    Taken from the album Standards

  • John Coltrane

    Dear Lord

    Taken from the album, The Collection Volume 2

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Bernardine Evaristo
Interviewed Guest Patricia St Hilaire
Interviewed Guest Paulette Randall
Interviewed Guest Hazel Carey
Interviewed Guest Angelina Fiordellisi
Interviewed Guest Jerry Gafio Watts
Actor Verity-May Henry
Actor Chris Jack
Producer Ekene Akalawu

Broadcasts

  • Mon 19 Oct 2015 16:00
  • Thu 24 Mar 2022 14:30
  • Fri 25 Mar 2022 02:30

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