RHYME SONNY RELEASES CV OF SIN

‘Lord! It’s been a while/My face looks like the residential quarters of smile but deep within me is bitterness/ I’ve become bitter than the bile because the things/ I used to preach against has become my style’ This is how one of Ghana’s foremost contemporary poets, Rhyme Sonny opens his latest spoken word single CV of Sin. The poem, as […]

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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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10 QUESTIONS FOR A POET: SPOTLIGHTING KENNETHA BROWN

Kennetha Brown speaks on the meaning of poetry, wearing her hair natural and what language means to her. What does poetry mean to you? To me, poetry is just an expressive art through the creative use of words. Its like a personal outreach, outpour or extension of the poet’s self and its great when others can appreciate it too How […]

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THE WRITE EXPERIENCE- PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH POETRY & MUSIC

Event house, Inkfluent in collaboration with Alliance Francaise d’Accra (La PailloteTakpekpe), are joining hands to promote environmental awareness through poetry and music in an event dubbed ‘The Write Experience’. The 2-and-half hour show will focus on environmental awareness with packaged poetry and graffiti serving as the vehicle of conveyance. The evening will also witness an intimate jazz music session featuring […]

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EHALAKASA PRESS RELEASE

In preparation towards the 7th Annual Ehalakasa Festival, G3 Channels, the organization behind the Ehalakasa Poetry and Arts Festival has issued a press release, inviting Poets, Dancers, Performers to apply to be part of the event as well as Volunteers. The full text of the press release is published below 7TH ANNUAL EHALAKASA FESTIVAL: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2014 Ehalakasa will […]

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