Helon Habila and Kofi Awoonor Reading
Christopher Merrill introduces Sandra Barkan who then introduces the African writers Helon Habila and Kofi Awoonor who are speaking as part of the Year of the Arts and Humanities celebrations. Habila reads a poem and then reads from his novel Prison Stories. Awoonor reads the poem “Rio de Janeiro” from his work Latin American & Caribbean Notebook I. Awoonor also reads the poems “Grieve Again” and “Dream Again.” Awoonor ends by reading some of his translations of Ewe Durges. Questions are taken from the audience at the end of the reading.
In: International Writing Program Archive | Poetry
Authors: Helon Habila , Kofi Awoonor
Date Recorded: September 09, 2004
Works Read: Habila reads from his novel Prison Stories. Awoonor reads the follwoing poems from Latin American & Caribbean Notebook I: "Rio Dejanero;" "Grieve Again;" and "Dream Again."
Program: Shambaugh House Readings
Format: reading
Contributors: Christopher Merrill; Sandra Barkan
Topics: Africa; prison; Latin America; translations
Note: audio quality is poor