TY  - BOOK
AU  - Curwen Best
PY  - 2021
CY  - Lausanne, Switzerland
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Kamau Brathwaite and Christopher Okigbo
T2  - Art, Politics, and the Music of Ritual
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1105916
N2  - 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.
KW  - Kamau Brathwaite, Caribbean Literature, Christopher Okigbo, African Languages, Literature and Culture, Musical Aesthetics, Music and Literature
LA  - English
ER  -