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Description: BBC Four, African Seasons, African Renaissance.nnI wrote and recorded this poem for the BBC's upcoming season.nnPoem /nPraise the land of hand woven homesnof rainbow seedlings spun to marital necklacesnof cow-belly and calabash, song and stringnpraise the land of rebellious literature and literary queensnof literal kings and terrible conquestsnpraise the terrible, les enfants terribles,nraise the dust and praise nthe pioneers, the patriots, the painters and their painnand praise the grace within
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