American poet Fredrick- Douglas Knowles II speaks

Knowles
Knowles

“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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