Origin:
1605–15; < L: a listing and property assessment of citizens, equiv. to cēns(ēre) to assess, register (citizens) in a census + -tus suffix of v. action; for -s- in place of -st- see censor
In the oral tradition, the census would be sung and performed, no separation between the living and dead, a celebration of names, lives and history. In that spirit, Bob Holman's "Art & the Public Sphere" class is spreading out all over the City, using Barack Obama's notes on how he became a community organizer as a guide, to find poets writing in indigenous languages, languages other than English. The performance on Sunday, Dec 13, 5pm, Bowery Poetry Club, will bring together poets writing in over twenty languages, Ladino and Mandinke and Urdu and Tagalog and Rom -- the names alone are enough to conjure up a whole new wordscape for a landscape.
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ReplyDeleteSo I have been desperately trying to find someone to perform on the 13th. I went back to someone who I had spoken with in the beginning named Marie. I found out just how bad my French is because her husband had been trying to tell me that Marie's sister tours with Yassou N'Dour and I just glazed right over it not knowing what he was talking about. She is Yassou N'dour's sister in law and her name is Vivene N'Dour. She won't be in town to come to our performance but Marie will be there.
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Here is a video of Viven for your enjoyment. Hope it pasted the link correctly.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jgm1_mokobe-safari-featuring-viviane-ndo_music
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ReplyDeleteok... you are going to just have to copy and paste into a url box... enjoy.
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