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Where Rivers Sing A Song by Segun Akinlolu
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fave it With Music | Poetry
9 tracks | 68 minutes
Released Dec 2004
on EniObanke Music
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Live performance poetry in English and Yoruba songs on a base of evocative traditional African drumming and soothing acoustic guitar. The poems are a celebration of African culture with a focus on creating understanding amongst peoples of the world.
Bio / Background
Segun Akinlolu is one of Nigeria's pre-eminent performance poets leading a revival of the oral traditions through performance. Combining folksongs, original poems and storytelling, he performs his poetry with an acoustic guitar and African percussion instruments.
'Where Rivers Sing A Song', his second poetry recording, was recorded with a live studio audience and features uplifting words in English interwoven with Yoruba songs, gangan drums, agogos, shekeres, and acoustic guitar.
Other publications by Segun Akinlolu include:
*Waiting For The Bones (1997)
*Thinking Big (1999)
*On A Cold Evening (poetry cd, 2001)
*Citadel Blues (novel, 2004)
*The King's Messenger (2004)
More information about this engaging artist available at www.beautifulnubia.com