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Kofi Awoonor songs of the village / the African Studies Program, in the School of International Studies, at the University of Washington presents ; produced and filmed by Karen Morell ; directed by Darrell Prowse and Ken Stevens

Ghanaian author Kofi Awoonor speaks of the great influence of the Ewe oral tradition on his work and sings several of the songs of those poets. Reads selections from his own early poetry and discusses the difficult problem of resolving the tensions between his African identity and European culture. Concludes with an interview with Karen Morell focusing on a comparison between the past of the oral tradition and the modern African poet.

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