Dr. Kunene,

We met briefly some months ago at a performance by Ananse and such and such
outside the children's museum.  I also spoke to you even earlier on the
phone about an oral tradition project I am hoping to develop between
UW-Madison and the Ministry of Basic Education and Culture in Namibia.  My
program is called "Topola" cultural exchange program that is a facilitating
agent for the Namibia Oral Tradition Project (NOTP/NBC-TV in Windhoek,
Namibia).  Jim Delanty (African Studies) provided a letter supporting the
idea of having a UW-Madison team (students, faculty) work with Namibia in
further oral tradition collection and analyses of archived historical and
oral documents in Windhoek.  I am furvently hoping this will come to
fruition.

My question to you now, Dr. Kunene, is "how do you feel about being a black
African in the apartheid situation most of sub-Saharan Africa has been
forced to endure over the centuries?"   I don't want this in 25 words or
less, and I don't want your thoughts in the form of a thesis.  I want to
know.  That's  all.

It would be nice to meet with you at some unassuming venue to discuss what
I am asking of you, plus you will have the opportunity to question me all
you want!  Please, can we arrange a time to meet?  You may email me at my
wife's address (Helen Meyer).  Thank you, and I hope I am not being too
offensive.

Brian Richardson


>>Dear friends,
>>Time to get started with the poetry reading group.  Sorry about the delay,
>>and thanks for your patience.  While pondering the formation of a group
>>like this in the past few months, the name that came to mind was The
>>Potluck Poets.  Unless someone comes up with a more brilliant idea, this is
>>what we shall call ourselves.
>>
>>All those intrested in joining The Potluck Poetry Group kindly let me know
>>by email, and then I'll suggest a date and a venue for our first meeting.
>>
>>I think this is going to be a great experience, and I look foward to it
>>very much.
>>
>>Best wishes.
>>
>>Daniel Kunene
>
>Are you still meeting? I would be interested in joining.
>Jesse (Samba)
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Helen Meyer
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