news from kintespace.com ::: 2/28/2009

news from kintespace.com

::: 2/28/2009

::: David Aondona Angya: Broken Marriages

::: ::: http://kintespace.com/p_david_angya0.html

We are pleased to indulge in our first selection from Dr. Jerry Agada’s labor of love, 500 Nigerian Poets. This Aboki Publishers volume, shipping from 43 New Bridge (Otukpo) Road in Makurdi, Benue State, sings with diversity. It is a rich tapestry of creative vision.

We present only one of the 500 poets, David Aondona Angya. A native of Benue State and a graduate of Benue State University, young David (born in 1976) is a lawyer, preacher, actor and broadcaster. His work, “Broken Marriages,” speaks with near geometric precision about a traditionally messy subject.

::: Book Review: Ousmane Sembène Interviews

::: ::: http://kintespace.com/rasx50.html

It is said that Africa’s first ‘full-blood’ filmmaker is the great Ousmane Sembène of Senegal. The 2008 release of Ousmane Sembène Interviews, edited by Annett Busch of Munich and Max Annas of Cologne, introduces to a new generation of filmmakers a beginning. We often assume that beginnings are times of innocence and naïveté but historical transcripts can blow these melodramatic biases away.

::: DVDs with the Elders

::: ::: http://kintespace.com/rasx49.html

The DVD is an “old” technology for you young cats? Fine. Let’s talk about my favorite DVDs with old cats in them! This collection of goodies includes Brahmanand Swamigal, A Palestinian Grandfather, William C. Westmoreland, Cecil Taylor, Babatunde Olatunji and Ibrahim Ferrer.

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