Poetry for social change in virtual festival
For the 24th year in a row, the Poetry Africa festival in Durban sets the stage for poetry from South Africa and around the world.
THE University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) will host the 24th Poetry Africa International Festival from 12 to 17 October.
For the 24th year in a row, the Poetry Africa festival in Durban sets the stage for poetry from South Africa and around the world. It promises to be an enriching experience with the sound of poets performing live, their passionate, inspirational perspective on life and current events and the power and beauty of the spoken word. An innovation this year is that due to the Covid-19 the entire festival programme will be presented online.
The six-day programme that will be presented over three slots daily will feature performances, online engagements, competitions, book launches, seminars and workshops. This year Poetry Africa presents poetry that isn’t just about form and style, language and craft, but that is also relevant and tackles all sorts of urgent issues. Therefore, the focus during this year’s festival is “poetry as the voice of social change”.
You can catch Poetry Africa for free on Facebook, and the full programme will be announced closer to the festival.
To stay updated, follow @Poetry Africa on Twitter and Instagram or like the festival on Facebook at www.facebook.com/poetryafrica.
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