HIWA:Hawaii to West African Poetry Exchange. The host for this show is Sharon Thomas Yarbrough. The guests are Sandra A. Simms, Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey, Karla Brundage and Britney Tachie. The idea for this collection, Sisters Across Oceans, was inspired by the much needed conversation between influential Black women across the African diaspora. What occurred was […]
Never Justify Your Truth (Sister Power)
Black Females Navigating. The host for this show is Sharon Thomas Yarbrough. The guests are Sequoia Carr-Brown, Daphne Barbee-Wooten and Kathryn Waddell Takara. What types of tropes have been ascribed to black women (BW) to justify blatant disrespect of our minds and bodies. How have tropes hindered the progress of black women? How has the […]
Sisters Across Oceans (Sister Power)
HIWA: Hawaii to West Africa Poetry Exchange. The host for this show is Sharon Thomas Yarbrough. The guests are Daphne Barbee-Wooten, Kathryn Waddell Takara and Kimberly Keys. The idea for this collection, Sisters Across Oceans, was inspired by the much needed conversation between influential Black women across the African diaspora. West Oakland to West Africa […]
Poetry-Knowing why the Revolution must come (The Creative Life)
Philadelphia to Mount Vernon: Black Is. The hosts for this episode are Phyllis Blees and Darlene Boyd. The guest for this episode is Roger Reeves. Discussion focused on poetry as a creative art. Key questions discussed included, how does the poetic process happen? Can poetry be taught effectively? Does poetry shift communication, understanding and problem […]