Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20151019 | Novelist and poet Bernardine Evaristo explores the complex and controversial man - Amiri Baraka, who played a key role in developing the Black Arts Movement in the USA. She looks back at how the energy of that cultural phenomenon in 1960s America, inspired her as an emerging Black writer in 1980s Britain. In the first of two programmes, Bernardine returns to Rose Bruford College where she took her first steps towards building a career in the Arts. And she travels to New York to trace the steps that Amiri Baraka took towards establishing the Black Arts Movement. Contributors: Patricia St. Hilaire Paulette Randall Hazel Carey Angelina Fiordellisi Professor Jerry Gafio Watts Readings: Verity-May Henry Chris Jack Producer: Ekene Akalawu First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015. Novelist Bernardine Evaristo on the complex man at the heart of the Black Arts Movement. |
| 02 | 20151026 | Novelist and poet Bernardine Evaristo continues her exploration of the complex and controversial man - Amiri Baraka, who played a key role in developing the Black Arts Movement in the USA. She looks back at how the energy of that cultural phenomenon in 1960s America, inspired her as an emerging Black writer in 1980s Britain. In the last of two programmes, Bernardine travels to Newark, the city where Amiri Baraka spent much of his life, she talks to the poets Sonia Sanchez and Nikki Giovanni - two luminaries of the Black Arts Movement And she returns to the UK to ask whether it's time for a new Black Arts Movement in this country. Presenter - Bernardine Evaristo Contributors: Professor Komozi Woodward Charlie Hanson Paulette Randall Patricia St. Hilaire Producer: Ekene Akalawu First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015. Novelist Bernardine Evaristo on the complex man at the heart of the Black Arts Movement. |