WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE BLACK BRITISH LITERARY MOVEMENT IN COMPARISON TO THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE OF OLD?
The black literary movement has changed over time. The Harlem Renaissance is spoken of here as an influence, one out of many. It continues to be influential in the thinking of how to create a black aesthetic that is multi-faceted organic. Several writers like Bernadine Evaristo, Courttia New-land, Diran Adebayo and Alex Wheattle explore the contemporary black experience from a variety of positions. But if you attend seminars on black writing you find them all together discussing issues. The power of any kind of movement is in the way the separate bodies operate when they are together and when they are apart. WHAT SHOULD AFRICAN-AMERICANS LISTEN FOR IN YOUR THEATRICAL VOICES? Hopefully, a different voice.
