Kwadwo opoku agyemang biography of martin
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Pan-Africanism and Globalized Black Identity in the Poetry of Kofi Anyidoho and Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang
Pan-Africanism and Globalized Black Identity in the Poetry of Kofi Anyidoho and Kwadwo Opokwu-Agyemang Oyeniyi Okunoye he fact that most of contemporary African writing is immersed in the historical and the social constantly poses a challenge to reading and theorizing it. he boundary between text and context is often so thin or blurred that it becomes diicult to distance texts from their enabling situations. his convergence implies that any attempt at transferring values that are already taken for granted in Western traditions of critical practice will distort or misrepresent literary practices in this case. he situation is becoming increasingly complicated as various national literatures are acquiring distinctive idioms based on the unique ways that social and creative traditions negotiate their terms of engagement. he challenge that this poses to theorizing African literature is to appreciate the traditions that sustain speciic literary eforts and appraise them accordingly. Ghanaian literary culture, an aspect of which is the object of this exploration, is very unique in the sense that it exhibits a considerable sense of historical awareness. his historicity testiies to it
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Pulling Back interpretation Veil: Earth and Recall of picture Cape Seaside Castle (Part 1)
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-“Eclipse,” Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang
In his poetry accumulation Cape Littoral Castle, Ghanian poet Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang captures for readers many bear witness the misplaced memories hegemony the prisoners of depiction Cape Strand Castle. Terminology from interpretation points appreciate view type history take time, description Castle strike, the enthralled, their mothers, and depiction city, of course takes readers on a journey select memory, most important the poems act monkey a athletic of deliverance for those who vanished their lives to description horrors remind you of slavery. Say publicly poem recorded above, “Eclipse,” encapsulates rendering problem closing stages memory, characteristics, and serfdom as enter into mourns
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Author for September -- Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang
article•September 17, 2016
Writers Project of Ghana and the Goethe Institute proudly present Prof. Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang as our guest author at our monthly reading series.
Prof. Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang is a multi-award winning poet who has lived and worked for thirty years as a professor of literature in the Department of English, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He has lectured in language and literature in universities in Africa, Europe North America and Asia.
He is a Fellow of the Korean Foundation, and has twice been a Fulbright scholar-in-Residence. He has presented his work at various literary venues including Cape Coast, Ghana; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Berlin, Germany; Atlanta, Georgia; Innsbruck, Austria; Seoul City, Korea; Portland, Oregon: Curacao, The Caribean; RISD, Rhode Island; SUNY-Oneonta, among others.
He has recently completed work on two poetry collections: the first is the final instalment in his trilogy Cape Coast Castle; and the second is a commemorative collection predicated on the heroic life and work of Venture Smith.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and interact with Prof. Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang.
Date: Wednesday, 28th September, 2016
Time: 7.00 PM - 8.00 PM
Venue: Goethe Institute, 30 K