Voices of Ghana : Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System 195...

by Victoria Ellen Smith

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Voices of Ghana : Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System 1955-57, Hardcover by Smith, Victoria Ellen (EDT), ISBN 1847011926, ISBN-13 9781847011923, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Ghana's first radio programme of original literature, The Singing Net, began in 1955 as part of the development of a national radio station in the years leading to independence in 1957. Its central aim was to bring Ghanaian writers to the forefront of cultural programming as part of the Africanisation of radio in Ghana. It was a critical cultural expression of the radical changes that were unfolding across the colonial world. The programme successfully introduced listeners to a series of pioneering Ghanaian authors who would go on to become significant figures of Anglophone West African literature in the early postcolonial decades: Efua Sutherland, Frank Parkes, Amu Djoleto, Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty, Albert Kayper-Mensah, Kwesi Brew, Cameron Duodu, . Nketia and many others. The anthology, Voices of Ghana (1958) is a collection of the poetry, short stories, play scripts and critical discussions that were aired on the Gold Coast Broadcasting Service (later the Ghana Broadcasting System) (1). Both The Singing Net and Voices of Ghana were edited by the BBC producer, Henry Swanzy. The context of Ghana's independence, the singularity of the anthology's history, and the significance of many of the writers all contribute to the importance of this text. This second edition is a timely

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Year: 2018
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781847011923
• Condition: Fine

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