(Tumi
Molekane)
Poetry in all its different forms will be
on display when high school and primary level learners get the opportunity to
watch four poets at the Luthuli Museum as part of the 16th annual Poetry Africa
festival next week.
The international festival is hosted and
organized by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
and features 24 participants from eight different countries.
On October 18, as part of the festival’s
outreach programme, four poets from countries including Kenya, Ghana, Cameroon
and the United Kingdom will perform their work at the Luthuli Museum in
Groutville and then engage in a question and answer session with their young audience.
On the programme is Kenyan-born writer,
journalist and human rights activist Philo Ikhonya whose political activeness
and writing brought her into conflict with the law in her own country and she
was arrested several times. From Cameroon, Werewere Liking is a writer,
playwright and performer based in Abidjan. She has established the Ki-Yi
theatre troupe and a Ki-Yi village for the artistic education of young people.
Nii Ayikwei Parkes, was born in the UK but
raised in Ghana. He is a performance poet, writer and socio-cultural
commentator. He has performed all over the world and is currently a
writer-in-residence in the UK.
Completing the foursome is Tumi Molekane
who was born in Tanzania but who is making a name for himself as a popular
musician from South Africa. He is the lead singer/rapper of the Hip-Hop band
Tumi and the Volume.
The Poetry Africa Festival runs from
October 15 to 20 and includes performances, readings and book launches every
evening at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre with a festival finale and the Durban
SlamJam at the BAT centre on October 20.
For further information contact Luthuli
Museum Education Officer Clinton Taylor on 032 559 6822. Click on the Centre
for Creative Arts button advert at the top of this page to link you to the CCA’s
website.
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