[Ghana, Accra, Interview with Seth T. Ashong-Katai, 1974] [sound recording] / collected by Lee Nichols.

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[Ghana, Accra, Interview with Seth T. Ashong-Katai, 1974] [sound recording] / collected by Lee Nichols.

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The author defends his "angry" poetry, saying that raw language and violent images are necessary to expose corruption in society. He reads from one of his poems. In another segment Lee Nichols reads a letter written two years later by the author in which he says he is maturing as a poet and is changing his ideas and his tactics toward more peaceful poetry.

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono. ; 10 in. + 1 broadcast tape (7 in.) + documentation.

Indiana University, Archives of Traditional Music

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Indiana University, Archives of Traditional Music

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The Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series was broadcast internationally by the Voice of America radio program, which covered topics in the arts and sciences in mid-twentieth century America. From the description of Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series scripts, circa 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702202512 American governmental agency broadcasting by radio to audiences in foreign countries. From the description of Vo...

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