Yoruba Sonnets

Add to Calendar Yoruba SonnetsThe Leonard Wolfson Auditorium

Lectures and Seminars

Location

The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium

Event type

Concert and Plays

Booking Required

Required

Contact name

Creative Multilingualism

Contact email

creativeml@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

Join us for Yoruba Sonnets at Wolfson College with Grammy Award-winning Lekan Babalola. The Yoruba Sonnets pair spoken word poetry and mime from Dr Olu Taiwo with live music from Lekan Babalola's Sacred Funk Quartet. The result is a unique performance of ancient Nigerian verse incorporating Afro-beat music and the contemporary sound of Western Funk. The event is organised with Creative Multilingualism, a research programme funded by the AHRC which aims to make languages more visible, valued and vibrant.