Yama Wilson, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Yama Wilson
Date: Time Period: 1960 - 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: 1:00:02
Creator: Yama Wilson interviewed by Reshad Hai and Arbesh Khan
Identifier: aql:20451 qmp-yw-full-000010
Description: Yama talks about growing up in Harlem and Northern Bronx. He recounts the various things he witnessed like gang violence and police brutality, and how he took solace from his struggles in basketball, and later in poetry. He talks about how his wife and his kids have changed his outlook on life. Even though he is in the shelter, he has become more positive. He is itching to leave and start a life where he does not feel imprisoned by the worsening conditions of the shelter. He discusses the way it has taken a toll on the kids he is raising. He ends the interview by freestyling a poem.
Creator :
Yama Wilson interviewed by Reshad Hai and Arbesh Khan
Date :
Time Period: 1960 - 2016; 2016-04-08; Interview recorded: April 8, 2016
Summary/Description :
Yama talks about growing up in Harlem and Northern Bronx. He recounts the various things he witnessed like gang violence and police brutality, and how he took solace from his struggles in basketball, and later in poetry. He talks about how his wife and his kids have changed his outlook on life. Even though he is in the shelter, he has become more positive. He is itching to leave and start a life where he does not feel imprisoned by the worsening conditions of the shelter. He discusses the way it has taken a toll on the kids he is raising. He ends the interview by freestyling a poem.
Subject :
Gangs; Police brutality; Poetry; Basketball; Shelters for the homeless
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Jamaica, Queens, NY; Harlem New York, NY; Bronx New York, NY Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Bronx (New York, N.Y.) 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: 1:00:02
Identifier :
aql:20451 qmp-yw-full-000010
Subject:
Gangs; Police brutality; Poetry; Basketball; Shelters for the homeless
Gangs; Police brutality; Poetry; Basketball; Shelters for the homeless
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