<I>The Literary Corner: Jonathan Peters on Wole Soyinka (side a) / A Comparative Analysis of African and Afro American Literature with Mildred Hill and the Conclusion to the Literary Corner Series (side b)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1978
name: label: Created by
content: Brooks B. Robinson Ph.D., American
label: Interview of
content: Jonathan Peters PhD, Sierra Leonean
label: Interview of
content: Mildred Hill Lubin, American, 1933 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Wole Soyinka, Nigerian, born 1934
label: Subject of
content: Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Chinua Achebe, Nigerian, 1930 - 2013
label: Directed by
content: Robert Cham
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content: A white plastic cassette tape with recordings of two episodes of the radio program The Literary Corner. The cassette has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Jonathua Peters on Wole Soyinka]. The typewritten text on the other side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Conclusion of Dr. Mildred Hill].
label: Description
content: Side A: “Jonathan Peters on Wole Soyinka”
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content: The episode begins with a voice reading an excerpt from Wole Soyinka’s oeuvre, before host Brooks Robinson introduces his guest as Professor Jonathan Peters. The topics covered in this episode are Wole Soyinka’s early works; Jero’s Metamorphosis; comparisons of Wole Soyinka and other major African writers, such as Léopold Senghor and Aimé Césaire; major themes that Soyinka explores in his writing, such as nonlinear history and violence; Soyinka’s imprisonment during the Nigerian civil war. Toward the end of the episode, Jonathan Peters states that he believes that there is a movement beyond nihilism in Soyinka’s work. He comments that Soyinka believes of an Africa changing, but still the same, an Africa that has a lot of potential for development, an Africa where people and culture intermingle and interface. He continues to say that Soyinka believes, against the principle of Yoruba cosmology, that there is the possibility for change in the cycle of violence. After Peters’ final words, Brooks Robinson recites the outro and the episode ends.
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content: Side B: “A Comparative Analysis of African and Afro American Literature with Mildred Hill and the Conclusion to the Literary Corner Series”
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content: The episode begins with the Literary Corner soundtrack. Host Brooks Robinson then mentions that this episode is the conclusion to the Literary Corner radio show, and it will summarize the conversation on African and African American literature by examining the similarities among diasporic black literature. In the interview, Dr. Hill states that there are patterns/similarities between African and African American written literature that are nonexistent in traditional American and English writings. She says that these differences can be divided into two main categories: thematic features and stylistic features. She mentions that within the thematic features, there are four subcategories: rituals, folklore/religion, family, and the Africans’ confrontation with the West. At the end of the episode, Robinson thanks all those who he claims were responsible for the Literary Corner: his cohost, Professor Pam Johnson, as well as his regular analysts, Professors Daniel Kunene, Sarah Fabio and Edris Makward.
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content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Cassette tape with two episodes of the Literary Corner radio program
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Drama (Theatre)
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content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Poetry
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content: Radio
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Literary Corner: Black Writers of the World
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Audio
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Contributed in memory of Professor Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979), poet, educator, Black Arts Movement icon, and one of the Literary Corner's analysts.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.17.1.13a
objectType: label: Type
content: audiotapes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Brooks B. Robinson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic and tape
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (audiocassette): 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (7 × 10.8 × 1.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (side a): 00:14:49
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content: Duration (side b): 00:14:50