Faculty of Sport
Taking Caribbean Sport to a Higher Level
The Storyteller and Sport - Part 2
In Part 2 of the three part series on the Storyteller and Sport, Professor Funso Aiyejina, posits that "in addition to the critical role of the sport journalist and sport broadcaster, there is another storyteller who is equally critical to our understanding of the importance of sport. That storyteller is the literary writer/artist. While the journalist/reporter/commentator’s products, unless imbued with exceptional literary qualities, are primarily for instant consumption and information, the literary writer/artist creates and interrogates sport not as an end in itself but as a vehicle for social engineering and for the building of intangible heritage."
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