"THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE LONG OVERDUE": An Interview with Ifa Bayeza

Walker interviews Ifa Bayeza about her motivations and visions behind The Ballad of Emmett Till. Bayeza reveals about the connection of Ballad to her earlier piece Homer G. and the Rhapsodies in the Fall of Detroit, where his journey with Till begins. The piece was an experimental theater piece that...

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Published in:Callaloo 2012-07, Vol.35 (3), p.731-746
Main Authors: Bayeza, Ifa, Walker, Corey D. B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American culture
Ballads
Bayeza, Ifa
Black people
Child soldiers
Civil rights
Cousins
Poetry
Poets
Racism
Theater
Theology
Till, Emmett (1941-1955)
Victims of crime
Whistles
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Summary:Walker interviews Ifa Bayeza about her motivations and visions behind The Ballad of Emmett Till. Bayeza reveals about the connection of Ballad to her earlier piece Homer G. and the Rhapsodies in the Fall of Detroit, where his journey with Till begins. The piece was an experimental theater piece that he started back in 1986 as a way to address the crisis she was witnessing with young men, particularly boys on the threshold of manhood.
ISSN:0161-2492
1080-6512
1080-6512
DOI:10.1353/cal.2012.0088