Past President of the Writers’ Union of Trinidad and Tobago and newly elected Public Relations Officer of The Circle of Poets of Trinidad and Tobago, Kasi Senghor, will launch his latest book ‘IS LIKE THIS’ at NALIS’ Audio Visual Room on Friday, 27th June, 2014.
The launch will be part of a Special Event in commemoration of the eightieth birthday of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka of Nigeria. The event entitled The WS80 Golden Age Poetry Pioneers (WS80 GAPP) Project is being hosted by Culture House in collaboration with the Circle of Poets Trinidad & Tobago (The Circle) and has been endorsed by Zmirage Multimedia Ltd. (Nigeria and United Kingdom), the organizing body of The Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange and Essay Competition (WS 80).
Dr. Yvonne Bobb-Smith in the Foreword described Senghor’s poetic collection thus: “…each poem regardless of its weight can engage readers to explore their own feelings, to raise their own questions or to redefine the problems the poet delineates. In other words, this collection, without a dogma attached, provides an opportunity for participation with a critical voice. As a result, the emotional impact is strong as the poet seems to present issues of our human condition with intent to make a person accountable…”
The NALIS event will also feature “New Golden Age Poets”, namely, members of The Circle who have entered the realm of poetry and performance in their senior years. They will read Professor Soyinka’s poetry and present their original works.
The WS80 GAPP project is the forerunner of the first ever WS (Wole Soyinka) GAPP Awards, a memory project honouring the legacy of our nation’s poets who emerged during the 1970’s. The Award Ceremony will be a gala event, scheduled for Saturday, 13th July 2015 and promises to be an annual event.
Eintou Pearl Springer will deliver the feature address at the NALIS event.
PROGRAMME
National Anthem Sandra Des Vignes Millington (Singing Sandra)
Invocation Chief Olakela Massetungi, Spiritual Leader, Egbe Orisin Eledumare
Welcome Address Nicholas Sosa, President – Circle of Poets T&T
Opening Remarks Theodora Ulerie – Chairperson and Director of Culture House
Greetings:
· Representative of Nigerian High Commission
· Ms. Joan Osbourne, Deputy Executive Director – NALIS
Feature Address Professor Funso Aiyejin, Professor – Literatures in English and African and Asian Studies, Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies The University of The West Indies St. Augustine Campus
Presentations by New Golden Age Poets:
· Safiya Baksh-Hosien
· Lenore Antoine
· Norman Bravo
· Barbara Blackman
· Patricia Niles-Dalrymple
· Selwyn Wiltshire
Special Guests:
· Idrees Saleem - Winner of Winner, 2014 Bocas LitFest/Two Cents Movement Verses Poetry Slam Competition)
· Rachael Kennedy
o Reading and Official Launch of ‘Is Like This’ – Kasi Senghor
o Presentation of Memorabilia to Golden Age Poetry Pioneers
o Unveiling of Logo – WS80 GAPP Awards 2015
Vote of Thanks Martine Clarke, WS80 GAPP Committee Member
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