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Joyce Ashuntantang, "A Basket of Flaming Ashes" (African Books Collective, 2010)

Joyce Ashuntantang, "A Basket of Flaming Ashes" (African Books Collective, 2010)

Released Friday, 20th December 2019
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Joyce Ashuntantang, "A Basket of Flaming Ashes" (African Books Collective, 2010)

Joyce Ashuntantang, "A Basket of Flaming Ashes" (African Books Collective, 2010)

Joyce Ashuntantang, "A Basket of Flaming Ashes" (African Books Collective, 2010)

Joyce Ashuntantang, "A Basket of Flaming Ashes" (African Books Collective, 2010)

Friday, 20th December 2019
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Joyce Ashuntantang talks about her experiences as a traveler and a poet, from her childhood Cameroon to her years studying in Great Britain and the United States. Ashuntantang is a professor of English at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. She is the author of many works of poetry, including A Basket of Flaming Ashes.

Ashuntantang is an extraordinary weaver of words who showcases vivid pictures that compete with 3D simulation. Her greatest asset is her use of the beautiful traditional Cameroonian anchor that evokes folk tales with its moonlight romance and glory. You feel, laugh, weep, shiver, wonder, and hail the triumphant spirit of the persona as it navigates African postcolonial and global experiences with the melancholy of an exile who is purposeful, strategic, and a lot of fun.Michael F. Robinson is professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He's the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and The Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (Oxford University Press, 2016). He's also the host of the podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, a weekly podcast about science, history, and exploration.

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