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Call for Poets and Readers of Poetry

Event Type
Film Screening
Sponsor
The Center for African Studies (CAS)
Date
Oct 27, 2022   6:30 - 9:00 pm  
Contact
Alasade Inka
E-Mail
tdavis5@ illinois.edu
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African studies - Outreach Calendar

The Center for African Studies (CAS) is sponsoring its fifth Word Is Seed, A Celebration of International Voices through Poetry and Languages.

We are looking for individuals with an appreciation for this auspicious literary art and GOOD ORATORY skills to participate in reading their favorite poems in the original language in which the poem was written or in whatever language pleases the reader, for example: Wolof, Kiswahili, Twi, Yoruba, Lingala, Arabic, Farsi, French, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Russian, Chinese, etc…

If you are interested in participating in this event and you are a poet, a lover of reading/ performing poetry or a connoisseur of your language and the power of the word, please join us in this year’s program.

CONTACT: Inka at: tdavis5@ illinois.edu ASAP or by Friday OCTOBER 14, 2022

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