<I>The Literary Corner: Vernon February’s Life and Works (side a) / Edward Brathwaite's Life and Works (side b)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1978
name: label: Created by
content: Brooks B. Robinson Ph.D., American
label: Interview of
content: Daniel Kunene, PhD, South African, 1923 - 2016
label: Interview of
content: Vernon February, South African, 1938 - 2002
label: Interview of
content: Edward Brathwaite PhD, Barbadian, 1930 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Hein Eersel, Surinamese, born 1922
label: Directed by
content: Robert Cham
notes: label: Description
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 / Vernon February]. The typewritten text on the other side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Edward Braithwaite].
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content: Side A: “Vernon February’s Life and Works”
label: Description
content: Episode 20 of the Literary Corner radio program. It is a discussion of creole literature and Professor February’s works entitled “Vernon February’s Life and Works.” The episode begins with Professor February commenting on the role black writers should play in the world before host Brooks Robinson formally introduces February to the audience. Some of the topics covered in this episode include Professor February’s inspiration for researching creole literature; a comparison between Negritude (Francophone) writers and Surinamese writers; a discussion of the works of the Surinamese scholar Heim Eersel. Additionally, Professor February reads some of his own poetry and poetry by Hein Eersel; poems such as “They Shoot Children, Don’t They” and several others.
label: Description
content: Side B: “Edward Brathwaite’s Life and Works”
label: Description
content: Episode 21 of the Literary Corner radio program entitled “Edward Brathwaite’s Life and Works.” It begins with host Brooks Robinson introducing his guest Edward Brathwaite. Some of the subjects discussed in this episode are Brathwaite’s childhood and his Methodist upbringing; the impact of emigrating to England on his writing, such as his experience of racism; the impact of emigrating to Ghana on his writing, and the way African culture helped him appreciate the Caribbean; the relationship between Africa and the New World; cultural, linguistic and phenotypical similarities between Ghanaians and West Indians; the connection between his work in Jamaica and his previous work. Additionally, he reads two of the poems from his book Rites of Passage. The episode concludes with Brathwaite reciting his poem “Starvation” in a West Indian dialect as the outro music plays.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Netherlands, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Suriname, Caribbean, South America
label: Place depicted
content: South Africa, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Ghana, West Africa, Africa
title: label: Title
content: Cassette tape with two episodes of the Literary Corner radio program
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Violence
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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)
label: Movement
content: Anti-apartheid movements
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: 2010.17.1.11a
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): 00:15:07
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (side b): 00:14:47