Voices of Ghana
Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System 1955–57 was "the first Ghanaian literary anthology of poems, stories, plays and essays".[1] Edited by Henry Swanzy and published in 1958 by the Ghanaian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Voices of Ghana contained works that had been broadcast on the Ghana radio programmes The Singing Net, Sound Judgement and Akan Theatre (later Ghana Theatre) between 1955 and 1957. The collection opened with an essay, "The Poetry of Drums", by Kwabena Nketia,[2] and the writers anthologised included Frank Parkes, Albert Kayper-Mensah, Kwesi Brew, Cameron Duodu, Amu Djoleto and Efua T. Sutherland.[1]
Second Edition 2018
gollark: We should probably research nuclear things in order to avoid having to raze coal patches for power.
gollark: The acceleration is higher, top speed less so.
gollark: Nuclear fuel best fuel, actually.
gollark: We could incorporate "signalling" and "actually removing cliffs" ~~(by the way, please restock the cliff explosives thing with grenades)~~ (oops, wrong person, orbital bee strike inbound) and "proper bidirectional tracks".
gollark: When I have time (at precisely 15:48 ±17 hours) I SHALL rejoin and optimize our train network for greater trainocity.
References
- Angmor, Charles (1996). Contemporary Literature in Ghana 1911–1978: A Critical Evaluation. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services. pp. 19–20. ISBN 9964-978-20-0.
- Kofi Anyidoho, "National Identity and the Language of Metaphor", in Kofi Anyidoho and James Gibbs (eds), FonTomFrom: Contemporary Ghanaian Literature, Theatre and Film (Matatu Nos 21–22), Rodopi, 2000, p. 12.
External links
- Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System, 1955-57 at Google Book.
- Victoria Ellen Smith (Ed.), Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System, 1955-57, 2nd Edition, Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, 2018
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