Panties, Politics & Pretense: Poetra Asantewa’s Motherfuckitude – The Naked Ones

This article was originally published on Circumspecte.com curated by @jabdulai All it takes is a word like Motherfuckitude  to give a whiff of what to expect – discomfort, candor, truth, courage. Delve deeper and you’ll find that ‘unapologetic’ might be the most appropriate word in the English dictionary to describe Poetra Asantewa’s debut. Doused in cleverly strung words, mellow sounds, […]

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POETRA ASANTEWA RELEASES ‘MOTHERFUCKITUDE’ EP

The much talked about EP is finally here. Spoken Word artist PoetraAsantewareleases her EP, Motherfuckitude; The Naked Ones. Although she has been in the art circles for some time, this is her first official release. “A lie is a dressed truth and Poetra is one of the very few who knows that what we currently call “naked truth” has actually been […]

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INTERVIEW WITH POETRA ON YET TO BE RELEASED EP MOTHERFUCKITUDE

Ahead of her debut Spoken Word/Poetry EP, i quizzed Poetra Ama Asantewaa about the EP, Feminism and Ghana’s growing poetry scene. Can you describe who Poetra is? Tell me and your fans how you became a poet? I’m not clear on the things to be done before one can call herself a poet, except from the act of writing. I […]

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