American poet Fredrick- Douglas Knowles II speaks

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“Asians Wanna be Europeans, Europeans Wanna be Africans, And Africans wanna be free”. In case you are wondering, the above stanza is part of American poet Fredrick- Douglas Knowles II’s collections, who was recently in the country.

Prior to speaking to Art & Culture he recited a poem titled Natural Born. The American native sat down to speak about his poetry, career, being a black man in Donald Trump’s America, police brutality and Trump’s ‘shithole’ stunt.

The 44-year-old caught Arts & Culture’s eye last week when he recited a number of poems during a Moratiwa Molema organised poetry session.  His energy had everyone silent and the interest grew.

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