By Bate Besong (Senior Lecturer in Drama & Critical Theory - University of Buea, Cameroon)
In the Second Annual World Poetry Day sponsored by UNESCO and organised by the editors of Poetry Today, Simon Mol, with a rifty drum between recitation of his poetry, celebrated the Anglophone muse on the world centre stage. A journalist with the English language Warsaw Voice, Secretary General of Asylum seekers in Poland, now, resident in London he is author of Africa… my Africa (Polish version Moja Afryko! Verbinum Warsaw, 2002) and Goddess of Mount Africa (Polish translation Bogini Z Mount Africa, Express Poligraficzy, Lodz, 2004).
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In times of peace, Arts entertains. In times of trepidation it transforms into an effective contraption of protest. And being an expression and reflection of the human consciousness, Arts is infused with life-force. This means It is unequivocally conscious and therefore Its influence on human evolution cannot be underestimated. And we should bear in mind that Evolution and Revolution are akin to a body and its shadow. Bards—armed by Nature with the power of expression via Word—scheme revolutions within the field of human consciousness in order to bring about evolution. This usually leaves them at odds with lethal and dark forces that strive to extinguish them… how poignant!