{"value"=>"Sc Audio C-003: Interviews with African Writers"}
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{"value"=>"<p>v01f01: Interviews with Christopher Okigbo, John Pepper Clark, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Rajat Neogy, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.</p> <ol class=\"list\"> <li>Christopher Okigbo interviewed by Dennis Duerden. Okigbo, who was also the West African editor of the literary periodical <em>Transition</em>, discusses the aims of the periodicals <em>Black Orpheus</em> and <em>Transition</em>. 1963 August.</li> <li>John Pepper Clark interviewed by Andrew Salkey. Salkey was a novelist, poet, children's book writer, and journalist of Jamaican and Panamanian origin. Clark discusses the use of the English language as a medium of expression in Nigerian and West Indian writing. 1964 January.</li> <li>Ezekiel Mphahlele and Rajat Neogy interviewed by Dennis Duerden. They discuss the aims of <em>Transition</em>. 1964 January.</li> <li>Rajat Neogy interviewed by Dennis Duerden. Neogy discusses <em>Transition</em>. 1964 January.</li> <li>Ezekiel Mphahlele interviewed by Dennis Duerden. Mphahlele discusses <em>Transition</em>. 1964 January.</li> <li>Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o interviewed by Dennis Duerden. Nugigi wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan author and academic who writes primally in Gikuyu and formerly wrote in English. The author discusses his novels <em>Weep Not Child</em> and his play <em>The Black Messiah</em>. 1964 April.</li></ol>"}
{"value"=>"<p>v01f02: Interviews with Mazisi (Raymond) Kunene, Donatus Nwoga, John Pepper Clark, Chinua Achebe, and Gabriel Okara.</p> <ol class=\"list\"> <li>Mazisi (Raymond) Kunene interviewed by Lewis Nkosi. Kunene was a South African poet. He became Africa's and South Africa's first poet laureate. Kunene discusses his poetry and his reflections on the difference between African and European writers. 1964 May.</li> <li>Donatus Nwoga interviewed by Dennis Duerden. Nwoga was a poetry critic and professor of African literature at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He discusses the teaching of modern African literature in African universities. 1964 June.</li> <li>John Pepper Clark interviewed by Andrew Salkey. Clark discusses his writing and his book <em>America, Their America</em>. 1964 September.</li> <li>Chinua Achebe interviewed by Donatus Nwoga. Achebe discusses the role of the African writer and the aims of contemporary African writers. 1964 September.</li> <li>Gabriel Okara interviewed by Andrew Salkey. Okara was a Nigerian poet and novelist. He discusses his writing, his novel <em>The Voice</em>, and the use of the vernacular in contemporary African writing. 1964 September.</li></ol>"}