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8th Poetry Africa Festival 18-23 October 2004 |
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International Festival of Poets
 Poetry Africa 2004 Ticket prices for evening presentations at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre and Bat Centre were R20 for adults and R10 for students/pensioners. There was no charge for workshops and seminars.
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| Monday October 18 |
09h30-11h30 | Poets record Tape Aids for the Blind | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14h00-15h00 | Screening of Ashes of Memory: Documentary film on Jit Narain,. Introduced by the poet - Cultural and Documentation Centre, Epsom Road |
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| 19h30 | Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre Musical Welcome: Umgidi wa ma Nazaretha Introduction: Peter Rorvik Evening Host: Zolani Mkiva • collaboration by young Durban poets Ewok, Quincy Fynn, Bandile Gumbi • introduction by each of the participating poets: Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, The Botsotso Jesters, Omekongo wa Dibinga, Feel A Sistah! Spoken Word Collective, Dorian Haarhoff, Joy Harjo, The Hymphatic Thabs, Drisana Deborah Jack, Were Were Liking, Mzwakhe Mbuli, Kobus Moolman, Richard Murphy, Nowadayz Poets, Jit Narain, Albert Nyathi, Christine Otten, Karen Press, Barolong Seboni, Tumi, Christian Uetz. |
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| Tuesday October 19 |
AM | Poets visit schools | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11h00-12h30 | Poetry as a Voice for Social Change – Ewok, Joy Harjo, Drisana Deborah Jack, Mzwakhe Mbuli, Jit Narain, - Senate Chamber, Westville Campus, UKZN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12h15 – 13h15 | Lunch Hour Poetry: Quincy Fynn, Myesha Jenkins, Napo Masheane, Ntsiki Mazwai, Zolani Mkiva - Campus Food Court, Howard College Campus, UKZN |
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| 12h30-15h00 | Educators’ Forum – Omekongo wa Dibinga, Dorian Haarhoff, Lebogang Mashile, Richard Murphy,Karen Press, Barolong Seboni - Chatsworth Teachers’ Centre, hosted by KwaZulu-Natal Dept. of Education (Closed Event) |
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| Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18h45-19h15 | Book Launches - Wellington Tavern Deck • Roy Campbell Selected Poems, ed Michael Chapman, Ad Donker Publishers • Douglas Livingstone Selected Poems, ed Michael Chapman, Ad Donker Publishers • A Ruthless Fidelity, The Collected Poems of Douglas Livingstone, ed Malcolm Hacksley and Don Maclennan, Ad Donker Publishers |
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| 19h30 |
Presenter: Pitika Ntuli Zulu bow music and percussion by Sazi Dlamini Dorian Haarhoff (South Africa) Barolong Seboni (Botswana) Christian Uetz (Switzerland) accompanied by Kholeho Mosala (South Africa) |
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INTERVAL |
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| Were Were Liking(Cameroon/Ivory Coast) Richard Murphy (Ireland) |
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| Wednesday October 20 |
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Poets visit schools | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AM: | Prison Poetry Project: Bandile Gumbi, Kobus Moolman, Siphiwe Ka Ngwenya, Albert Nyathi - Westville Prison (Closed Event) |
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| 10h00-11h30 | Expressing an African Voice: Ike Mboneni Muila, Barolong Seboni - Centre for African Literary Studies, Pietermaritzburg Campus, UKZN |
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| 11h15-12h30 |
Poets in Print Media: Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, Allan Kolski Horwitz, Christine Otten - Dept. of Journalism, Room 149, Durban Institute of Technology, Smith Street |
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| 13h00 – 14h30 |
The Poet as Performer Workshop: Ewok, Were Were Liking, Mzwakhe Mbuli, The Hymphatic Thabs, Tumi - KwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Rd |
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| Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18h45 - 19h15 | Book Launch - Wellington Tavern Deck • The Little Museum of Working Life, Karen Press, UKZN Press |
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| 19h30 | Presenter: Zolani Mkiva Nowadayz Poets (South Africa) Karen Press (South Africa) Albert Nyathi (Zimbabwe) |
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| Accordian Jive by Vusi Ximba Mzwakhe Mbuli (South Africa) |
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| Thursday October 21 |
AM: | Poets visit schools | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09h30-10h30 | Poetry Exchange: Omekongo wa Dibinga, Myesha Jenkins, Tumi, Christian Uetz and Kholeho Mosala – Ekhaya Multi-Arts Centre, B Section, KwaMashu |
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| 11h00 – 12h30 | One on One with Were Were Liking - Alliance Francaise, Sutton Crescent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13h30 – 15h00 | Women Poets in Dialogue: Bandile Gumbi, Joy Harjo, Drisana Deborah Jack, Myesha Jenkins, Were Were Liking, Lebo Mashile, Napo Masheane, Ntsiki Mazwai, Christine Otten, Karen Press - Phillip Russell Room, Diakonia Centre, 20 St. Andrews Street |
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| 18h45-19h15 | Book Launches - Wellington Tavern Deck |
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| 19h30 | Presenter: Soli Philander Drisana Deborah Jack (Saint Martin) Jit Narain (Surinam) Christine Otten (Netherlands) accompanied by Jan Klug (Netherlands) |
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Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (Indonesia) |
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| Friday October 22 |
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18h45 – 19h15 | Book Launches - Wellington Tavern Deck • Gova, Ike Mboneni Muila, Botsotso Publishing • Botsotso 13, A Magazine of Contemporary South African Culture, Botsotso Publishing |
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| 19h30 | Presenter: Lebogang Mashile |
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Alan Kolski Horwitz Ike Mboneni Muila Siphiwe Ka Ngwenya |
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INTERVAL |
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| Saturday October 23 |
Poetry Africa @ The Bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12h30 – 15h00 | Finding Your Poetry Voice Workshop: Dorian Haarhoff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15h30 – 17h00 | Open Mic including Slam – with Ewok, Eric ‘Coolfire’ Hadebe, Quincy Fynn and Menzi Maseko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19h30 | Presenter: Tumi - Without the Volume The Hymphatic Thabs (South Africa) |
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| Lebogang Mashile Myesha Jenkins Napo Masheane Ntsiki Mazwai |
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Omekongo wa Dibinga (Congo/USA) |
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INTERVAL |
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| Festival Finale featuring:Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, The Botsotso Jesters, Ewok, Omekongo wa Dibinga, Feel A Sistah! Spoken Word Collective, Quincy Fynn, Bandile Gumbi, Dorian Haarhoff, Joy Harjo, The Hymphatic Thabs, Drisana Deborah Jack, Kobus Moolman, Richard Murphy, Nowadayz Poets, Jit Narain, Albert Nyathi, Christine Otten, Barolong Seboni, Tumi, Christian Uetz. |
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| Closing Night Party with DJ Sox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalogue pages in PDF format Free Adobe Acrobat Reader Required - Available here |
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| Welcome, programme, sponsors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (Indonesia) The Botsotso Jesters (South Africa): Alan Kolski Horwitz, Ike Mboneni Muila, Siphiwe Ka Ngwenya Omekongo wa Dibinga (Congo/USA) Feel A Sistah! Spoken Word Collective (South Africa): Myesha Jenkins, Napo Masheane, Lebogang Mashile, Ntsiki Mazwai Ewok (South Africa), Quincy Fynn (South Africa), Bandile Gumbi (South Africa) Dorian Haarhoff (South Africa) Joy Harjo (USA) Hymphatic Thabs (South Africa) Drisana Deborah Jack (Saint Martin) Were Were Liking (Cameroon/Ivory Coast) Mzwakhe Mbuli (South Africa) Kobus Moolman (South Africa) Richard Murphy (Ireland) Jit Narain (Surinam) Nowadayz Poets (South Africa) Albert Nyathi (Zimbabwe) Christine Otten (Netherlands) with multi-instrumentalist Jan Klug (Netherlands) Karen Press (South Africa) Barolong Seboni(Botswana) Tumi - without the Volume (South Africa) Christian Uetz (Switzerland) with percussionist Kholeho Tsukutlane Mosala (South Africa) |
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| Musical Voices :Umgidi wa ma Nazaretha (South Africa), Sazi Dlamini (South Africa), DJ Sox (South Africa), TMB 24/7 (South Africa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Facillitating Voices; Zolani Mkiva (South Africa), Pitika Ntuli (South Africa), Soli Philander (South Africa)Vusi Ximba (South Africa) plus participating poets Lebogang Mashile and Tumi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distant Voices : Winternachten International Literaty Festival, Centre for African Literary Studies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voices of Learning : Exchange with Educators, Schools Outreach Programme, Schools Poetry Competition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberating Vocies : Poetry from Prison, Open Mic at the BAT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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updated on October 1 2004 Original photography by: Val Adamson, Rafs Mayet, Precious Ngcobo, Jeeva Rajgopaul, Monica Rorvik, and Peter Rorvik
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