news from kintespace.com ::: 06/29/2009
Contents:
- ::: Gbola Adiamoh: The Lords
- ::: kinte cast #2: enter the roach messiah
- ::: Tayari Jones: Sunday Salon (YouTube.com)
::: Gbola Adiamoh: The Lords
::: ::: http://kintespace.com/p_adiamoh0.html
Now, we indulge in our second 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 another one of the 500 poets, Gbola Adiamoh. At the time of publication, he’s a student of communication and language arts at the University of Ibadan and is a member of Ibadan Arts Renaissance.
::: kinte cast #2: enter the roach messiah
::: ::: http://kintespace.com/zcore/redirect/kintecast002
This jam-packed episode is a meditation on one regular guy from the good state of Texas. Featured voices in order of appearance are:
- Njoki Njehu of Kenya with The V-Man of FreakRadio.org (now 101.1 FM) in Santa Cruz in a show called “What’s Missing in US/Africa Policy?”
- Dr. John Marciano, Professor Emeritus, State University of New York, lecturing in a presentation called “Empire As A Way Of Life.”
- Harold Pinter, speaking for his acceptance of the 2005 Nobel Prize of Literature in a show called “Art, Truth and Politics” produced by Maria Gilardin of tucradio.org.
- Amiri Baraka with Franklin and Commodore, KBFR, Boulder Free Radio (Colorado), featuring the banned poem “Somebody Blew Up America.”
- Dr. Amos Wilson, a psychologist speaking in a presentation called “White Imperialism and Black Self-Annihilation”—this recording comes from LIBRadio.com sampler we called “Doctoral Warriors for the African Mind.”
Music in order of appearance:
- Cassendre Xavier, performing “Love Is a Battlefield” composed by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight in a streaming audio presentation we call “Nothing Is All I Need.”
- Afrofraktal, performing “Enter the Roach Messiah”, afrofraktal.megafunk.com.
- Timeka Drew, performing “killing alley.”
- Fumilayo Bankole, performing “Digital Chip” from her CD Baby album, L.A. River, which is featured in the streaming audio presentation “L.A. River.”
Audio components used in this mix include:
- Bill Laswell, Ambient Grooves, Sony Creative Software
- rasx() music, rasx.megafunk.com
- Modular Electronica featuring Test Shot Starfish, Sony Creative Software
- Cinemascape with composer James Johnson, Sony Creative Software
Most of the voices in this kinté cast are a remix of complete streaming audio presentations at kintespace.com.
Direct Download: rasx_-_enter_the_roach_messiah.mp3
::: Tayari Jones: Sunday Salon (YouTube.com)
::: ::: http://kintespace.com/p_tayari_jones0.html
Novelist Tayari Jones is the author of Leaving Atlanta and The Untelling, winner of the Hurston/Wright and Lillian C Smith Awards. Her work has appeared in Callaloo, McSweeey’s, The Believer, and The New York Times. She is on the MFA faculty at Rutgers University.
We take three streaming videos from YouTube.com to showcase her engaging work.