Commonwealth Poetry Podcast
Next Stop Togo with Dr Patron Henekou
In this fortnight’s episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth’s journey around the Commonwealth takes them to Togo, a West African country with a 32 mile coastline along the Gulf of Guinea. Togo is one of the newest members of the Commonwealth having joined in 2022. Speaking with award winning poet and playwright Dr Patron Henekou they discover more about Togo, it’s history, culture and poetry. Poems this episode include: When Sorrow-Song Descends on You by Henino Vinoko Akpalu; Dalva, Dalva from here by Patron Henekou; and The Last Photo with my Father by Anas Atakora.
In this fortnight’s episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth’s journey around the Commonwealth takes them to Togo, a West African country with a 32 mile coastline along the Gulf of Guinea. Togo is one of the newest members of the Commonwealth having joined in 2022. Speaking with award winning poet and playwright Dr Patron Henekou they discover more about Togo, it’s history, culture and poetry. Poems this episode include: When Sorrow-Song Descends on You by Henino Vinoko Akpalu; Dalva, Dalva from here by Patron Henekou; and The Last Photo with my Father by Anas Atakora.