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Onalenna Selolwane of Botswana

Item

Title
Onalenna Selolwane of Botswana
Institution
The Library of Congress
Collection Title
Archive of World Literature on Tape
Creator(s)
Onalenna Selolwane
Lee Nichols of the Voice of America African Division.
Collector(s)
Nichols, Lee
Voice of America (Organization)
Description/Scope and Content
The author discusses her aspirations as a writer, her experience in the University of Botswana Writers Workshop, and the purpose for writing her plays and poems. She says that although her work so far has been in English, she plans to write in Setswana to reach a largely uneducated population.
Date
Originally broadcast between 1976-1979 on the Voice of America radio series Conversations with African writers, no. 69.
Location
Rec Sound Res Center (Madison, LM113)
Identifier
80740508
Language
Setswana and English
Extent
1 sound tape reel (30 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 7 in
Collection Type
archival collection
Level of Processing
Minimal Processing
Type of Materials/Format
audio-tapes & cassettes
Related Collections: Types of Materials
publications
Copyright
Unknown
Donor Information
Available
Usage
Low (permanent storage)
Item sets
LOC