Designed to increase awareness of the rich cultural heritage of Canadians with origins in the Third World, this multicultural, multi-lingual programme features rehearsed readings from Third World literature as well as interviews with Third World writers, including those living in Canada, and with others interested in that literature.
Podcasts:
“Final Flight from Sanaa”.
In this and three following programmes you will hear your host talking with the Yemeni-born , Canadian retired professor of medicine, community activist, award-winning broadcaster and author,Dr. Qais Ghanem , about his recently published novel “ Final Flight from Sanaa” and his earlier literary venture, a collection of poetry entitled “From Left to Right”
[Listen to Part 1] [Listen to Part 2]
"Cronipoemas"
[Listen to Part 1] [Listen to Part 2]
“Tagore: A Renaissance Man from India” starting on November 24.
[Listen to Part I] [Listen to Part II]
In this series you will hear your host Lloyd Stanford in conversation with Dr. Ratna Ray, the highly accomplished Indian-born university professor, scholar, communications coach, composer, retired public servant, singer and writer about the significance of the work of the renowned Nobel Laureate for literature in 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, in this the year of the 150th anniversary of his birth.
“Perspectives on theatre in the French Caribbean” [Click Here To Listen]
“Reflections on the Festival of the Word” [Click Here To Listen]
“In Memoriam Samuel Selvon” [Listen to Part I] [Listen to Part II]
“Reflections on the Equatoria Experience.” [15-part series, 2010]
[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] [Part 8] [Part 9] [Part 10] [Part 11] [Part 12]
[Part 13] [Part 14] [Part 15]
“The Maroon Story”
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“Lessons My Mother Taught me” [2-part series, 2011]
[Part 1] [Part 2]
“Jamaican By Birth/ American By Choice” [3-part series, 2011]
[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]