Poetry in Africa
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Poetic Voices at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya 19-23 January 2007 (info)
Poetic Perspectives on Migration
Dennis Brutus (South Africa), Chiwoniso (Zimbabwe), Susan Kiguli (Uganda), Lebogang Mashile (South Africa), Bantu Mwuara (Kenya), Pitika Ntuli (South Africa), Shailja Patel (Kenya), and Ari Sitas (South Africa)
Fri 19th
GoDown Arts Centre
19h00
Tue 23rd
World Social Forum venue(Kasarani Stadium)
(Block L, near entrance 5),
16h00-18h00
Poets from south and east Africa will participate in a remarkable cultural initiative at this year’s World Social Forum. The W.S.F, this year hosted in Kenya – it’s first time in Africa – will see more than 80 000 people from global civil society descend on Nairobi to actively engage with the social struggles facing the world today.
The poets form part of Moving People: Africa-Asia Interface on Migration, Exile, and Diaspora, an inter-organisational collaborative five-day event that encompasses art exhibitions, panel discussions, poetry performances, film screenings, music and theatre performances and collaborations.
The poetry component is hosted by Poetry Africa, which last year celebrated its 10th year, organised by the Centre for Creative Arts, based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Biographies and photographs of the participating poets can be found on the C.C.A. website:
Partners for this initiative include @Culture, India (a network of Majlis, Magic Lantern Foundation, Point of View and independent artists); Focus on Global South; Go-Down Arts Centre and Kwani?, Nairobi; Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal; and HIVOS.
