BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

BBC Radio Orkney

BBC Radio Scotland FM

BBC Radio Scotland MW

Original version

BBC Radio Shetland

Poetry 2012: The Written World

Audiobooks

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

A poem to capture the spirit of every nation competing at the 2012 Games.

The Written World brings worldwide poetry to the airwaves with a poem to capture the spirit of every nation competing at the 2012 Games.

Poetry 2012: The Written World: Central African Republic: Catherine Teya. 

Central African Republic: Catherine Teya. 

30/08/2012

Central African Republic: Catherine Teya.

BBC Radio Scotland - Poetry 2012: The Written World, Central African Republic: Catherine Teya.Search BBC

Today's poem from The Central African Republic is read by Catherine Teya.

2 Termite Skyscrapers is from the Central African Republic which relies on an oral tradition and doesn't have a strong poetry tradition. It is read by Catherine Teya.

2 Termite Skyscrapers is an anonymous poem from the Central African Republic which relies heavily on the oral tradition of storytelling and doesn't have a strong poetry tradition. The poem is read by Catherine Teya who was born in the Central African Republic and now works as a Paralegal in London.

Poetry 2012 - The Written World, a BBC collaboration with The Scottish Poetry Library, creating a unique picture of the nations of the world in verse.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Poetry 2012: The Written World

Central African Republic: Catherine Teya.

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio Shetland

About BBC Radio Scotland