In May, as part of the Breaking Ground tour, there was a showcase of the Black British writers reading their work to a sell-out crowd at the Mondavi Theatre in Davis, California.
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- Colin Grant opened the evening’s readings.
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- Colin Grant reads from ‘Bageye at the Wheel’.
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- Gabriel Gbadamosi reads from his novel ‘Vauxhall’.
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- Karen McCarthy Woolf showing ‘Morbleau’ at Breaking Ground in California
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- Karen read from her award-winning collection ‘An Aviary of Small Birds’.
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- Johny Pitts spoke about his Afropean journey and project.
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- He showed photos from his search for black Europe.
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- Bernardine Evaristo read new work.
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- Bernardine read about a young, ambitious African businesswoman.
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- Nick Makoha read his poetry with a backing of the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble’s cover of ‘Water’ by Fela Kuti.
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- During his reading Nick showed images by photographer Richard Mosse.
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- Diran Adebayo read an emotional passage from a new autobiography called ‘Random, and Cricket’.
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- Jay Bernard displayed her artwork whilst she read.
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- Jay Bernard engaged the audience with her urgent, raw, energetic poetry.
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- Roger Robinson brought the evening to a close.
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- Roger gave an emotional reading bringing himself and many of the audience to tears.
Find out more about what happened for Breaking Ground 2016 here >>
June 17, 2016
