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Yama Wilson, Clip 2: Making Life Into A Positive

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Yama Wilson
Date: Time Period: 2005 - 2016; 2016-04-08; Interview recorded: April 8, 2016 Material: Digital audio recording made using H2n Zoom digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:07:38
Creator: Yama Wilson interviewed by Reshad Hai and Arbesh Khan Identifier: aql:20446 qmp-yw-clip-000004

Description: Yama talks about how despite all the hurdles he has been dealt, he has remained positive. He states that as being the key for his getting to this point in his life. He talks about the good times he has had in his life and other sources of happiness, like his kids. He mentions some of the strategies he has learned to help save money. He ends the talk by freestyling a poem.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20453

Creator : Yama Wilson interviewed by Reshad Hai and Arbesh Khan

Date : Time Period: 2005 - 2016; 2016-04-08; Interview recorded: April 8, 2016

Summary/Description : Yama talks about how despite all the hurdles he has been dealt, he has remained positive. He states that as being the key for his getting to this point in his life. He talks about the good times he has had in his life and other sources of happiness, like his kids. He mentions some of the strategies he has learned to help save money. He ends the talk by freestyling a poem.

Subject : Poetry

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Jamaica, Queens, NY Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using H2n Zoom digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:07:38

Identifier : aql:20446 qmp-yw-clip-000004

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