Turn on, tune in, and don’t cop out of this podcast that takes you on a musical journey through the works of new and classic authors. Host, Sarah Ozo-Irabor chats with notable writers and literary tastemakers on their work and the music that has shaped their craft, literary journey, and overall sense of self. An accompanying playlist of curated songs is available in each episode description.
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Books & Rhymes: The Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Sarah Ozo-Irabor
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Turn on, tune in, and don’t cop out of this podcast that takes you on a musical journey through the works of new and classic authors. Host, Sarah Ozo-Irabor chats with notable writers and literary tastemakers on their work and the music that has shaped their craft, literary journey, and overall sense of self. An accompanying playlist of curated songs is available in each episode description.
Find and follow us: @Booksandrhymes on Twitter and Instagram.
Subscribe to the mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gr0kD5
Books & Rhymes: The Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Sarah Ozo-Irabor
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Award-winning author, Ghanaian author, Ayesha Harruna Attah takes us on a sonic journey using the the music of Mayra Andrade, Les Nubian, Sampa The Great, Nina Simone, Salif Keita and so much more to discuss the phenomena of being ‘possessed’ by a character, the perceived intuitive freedom that MFA courses offer writers, the realities of accessing the world of poublishing as an African writer living on the continent, and the joys of working closely with Ayi Kwei Armah in discovering and translating a 3000 year old Hieroglyphic Egyptian love story into multiple african languages. Visit AyeshaAttah.com ot learn more about her work.
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Ayesha Harruna Attah’s bibliography
- Saturday Shadows (Per Ankh Publisher)
- Harmattan rain
- The Hundred Wells of Salaga
- The Deep Blue between
Books published as part of project that translates Hieroglyphics to multiple African languages:
- Sanhat
- Smi n skhty pn: Multilingual Translation of a 4000 year old African Love Story (also known as The eloquent peasant) translated by Ayi Kwei Armah, Ayeesha Harruna Attah et al.
- Skhmkht Ea: On Love Sublime- A Multilingual Translation of an African Love Poem.
- The instructions of Ptahhotep
Books discussed and referenced in this episode:
- One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Daughters of Africa – Margaret Busby
- New Daughters of Africa – Margaret Busby
- The Eloquence of the Scribes: A memoir on the sources and resources of African Literature - Ayi Kwei Armah
- Two Sisters – Ama Ata Aidoo
- Woman who runs with the wolves: Myth and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
- Bird by Bird – Anne Lamont.
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