The Fela Sermon

Ed — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:11:00 +0100

CKUT 90.3 FM is the student radio station of McGill University in Montreal. It’s available online and they have some good shows including Dromotexte, a weekly hour dedicated to poetry and the spoken word. It’s hosted by Fortner Anderson who is a good poet but a terrible presenter. But he does have an extraordinary collection of poetry performance recordings.

Here’s an example from a recent show: the (presumably Nigerian) poet Lesego Rampolokeng with a piece called The Fela Sermon inspired by the great afrobeat musician and activist Fela Kuti.

You can hear Fortner reading his poem I’m A Man if you like. It’s strong stuff.

This Entangled Bank: The Fela Sermon

The Fela Sermon