(Winners
Kelsey Hagerman; Sunaina Sathyapal, Tariq Trenor, Sihle Gumede, Bongumenzi
Thwala and Lindelwa Khumalo with Ukrainian poet Taras Malkovych)
The six winners of the Poetry Africa
Festival’s schools’ competition were announced on October 16, 2018, at the
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre
The festival has an annual schools’
competition that calls for local young poets to submit their work in English or
IsiZulu.
The winners in the English category were,
in first place Kelsey Hagerman from Danville Park Girl’s High for her poem
titled The Boy with Ocean Eyes; in
second place, Sunaina Sathyapal from Danville Park Girl’s high for her poem
titled Ocean of Tears and in third
place Tariq Trenor from Bechet High School for his poem titled The Paralysed Dove.
In first place in the isiZulu category was
Lindelwa Khumalo from Escourt High School for her poem titled Mina Ngagana Ngimncane Ngakhala Ubaba Wavuma,
in second place Bongumenzi Thwala from Zandlazethu high School for his poem
titled Amaciko and in third place
Sihle Gumede from Inhlakanipho High School for his poem titled Mfundo Uyisikhali Sababekezelayo,
Celebrating its 22nd anniversary, the
festival, which is supported through principal funding from the eThekwini
Municipality, features a host of local and international poets, at various
venues and schools around Durban.
The main festival programme runs at the
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre until Friday (October 19) and will close with the
Festival Finale at the BAT Centre on Saturday, October 20 from 19h00.
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