{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"'To the Sycamore' and 'How African Spirits Were Born' by Ribka Sibhatu","description":"Translator Andr\u00e9 Naffis-Sahely worked with Ribka Sibhatu for 10 years leading up to the publication of their PTC World Poet series book Aul\u00f2! Aul\u00f2! Aul\u00f2! While Ribka translates her own poems from Tigrinya and Amharic into Italian, Andre translates her poems from Italian into English and works tirelessly promoting her work in the anglophone world. In addition to her work as a lyric poet and human rights activist, Sibhatu has devoted a considerable amount of her creative energies to assembling and recording of Eritrea\u2019s folkloric cannon which is then handed down through the ages in the form of Aul\u00f2s. This podcast brings you Ribka reading her Italian translation of \u2018To the Sycamore\u2019 and the fable \u2018How African spirits Were Born\u2019 in Tigrinya with Andr\u00e9 Naffis-Sahely reading his English transitions. This month the PTC is celebrating resistance poets looking at poets as activists and poetry a space for resistance Our resistance poets book bundle focuses on four writers including Ribka who are unafraid to engage with the urgent political issues of our day, sometimes explicitly addressing inequity and tragedy were they find it, yet often simply holding a space for reflection and joy amidst dark times and chaos. To order this book bundle go to our online shop. ","author_name":"DUAL Poetry Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.poetrytranslation.org","html":"