Talking, Stuttering, Speaking Whilst Listening Intently for a Promise of Egalitarian Regeneration: A Five-Way Conversation

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May 03 2021 Talking, Stuttering, Speaking Whilst Listening Intently for a Promise of Egalitarian Regeneration: A Five-Way Conversation Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Bernard Akoi-Jackson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Ibrahim Mahama, Ibrahim Mahama Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar kąrî’kạchä seid'ou kąrî’kạchä seid'ou Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Bernard Akoi-Jackson Ibrahim Mahama Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson kąrî’kạchä seid'ou Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California African Arts (2021) 54 (2): 12–21. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00580 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Ibrahim Mahama, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, kąrî’kạchä seid'ou; Talking, Stuttering, Speaking Whilst Listening Intently for a Promise of Egalitarian Regeneration: A Five-Way Conversation. African Arts 2021; 54 (2): 12–21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00580 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search This has been a conversation long in the making. We have been talking. We have sometimes been stuttering and we've been speaking too. And whilst doing these and many more, we've been listening and very intently as well—because, what is a conversation if individuals only speak at each other? Listening is a necessity. As the actual words begin to gather and somehow crystalize into something more coherent, we have been at it, even in those nebulous moments when concepts may have been stronger than form or when form, seeking realization, would have danced with ideas until something not so palpable, begins to emerge. First, it will look like smoke, or even haze, in the long distance, then slowly but surely something appears … this is the route that this conversation has taken to... © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California You do not currently have access to this content.