Tag Archives: Ghana
The Writer and the Politician
December 11, 2013 They had first met in Cairo, in 1961, when she was working for “The Arab Observer,” an English-language weekly, and married to Vusumzi Make. Make and Mandela were political enemies, as were their organizations — the Pan Africanist … Continue reading
March on Washington: unsung
August 28, 2013 No, not literally unsung. In fact, the most memorable moments at the microphone, other than Martin Luther King’s “I had a Dream” speech, featured singers: Mahalia Jackson; Marian Anderson; Peter, Paul and Mary; Joan Baez and … Continue reading
Audre Lorde in Mexico, Maya Angelou in Ghana
September 26, 2012 2012 marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Audre Lorde. She had died at the age of 58, after 14 years of battling with breast cancer. But even before that, Lorde had always seemed associated with … Continue reading
Richard Wright’s Haiku
November 16, 2011 I never thought his career would end in this way: thousands of these 17-syllable poems, with no narrative, nothing that adds up, just a passing thought, the briefest of observations, seemingly going nowhere: Meticulously The cat licks … Continue reading
The Photo Collage
October 19, 2011 Chemical warfare in World War I. FMLN of El Salvador. The London Underground. Kenti cloth from Ghana. Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in Paris. These are the images that loosely define the boundaries of the project, … Continue reading