Intersecting Practices and Traditions in Poetry Performance: Interviews with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Anthony Joseph and Marsha Prescod

2025/04/15 by Helen Thomas · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and Rock Art Studies #Poetry Analysis and Criticism #South African History and Culture

paper · doi:10.16995/olh.23434

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Abstract

In these interviews, the contemporary poets, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Anthony Joseph and Marsha Prescod, reflect upon their performance practice. They discuss the ways in which their innovative poetry performance and spoken word styles intersect and engage with literary and cultural traditions and art forms such as music, story-telling, carnival, the visual arts, history and politics.

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