Badalisha Live Poetry Exchange
Hosted in Cape Town, Badilisha Live currently hosts two annual week-long poetry interventions, proudly showcasing Pan-African poets from the continent and across the globe. Each of these interventions includes two days of full scale performance but also a series of exchanges. With a particular focus on performance poetry as medium for social activism beyond its entertainment and literary value, this vision manifests in a series of workshops, and seminars in a variety of locations where featured poets share their skills, insights and network with local poetry groups, individual poets and relevant NGOs or arts and cultural organisations. Activities also include an annual May 25th Africa Day celebration.
For the May 2010 line up, Badilisha hosted five phenomenal poets from 18th to 25th May. The event started with the X-Change programme, reached a fever pitch of words over two evenings of performed poetry, and culminated in the 25th May Africa Day Celebration. The five poets are featured in podcasts and interviews on Badilisha Poetry Radio. For more Badilisha events in 2010, look out for updates on the 2010 Badilisha Live events and the programme of activities, and explore our Badilisha Live Archive and Gallery, for more information on our past events and captured highlights.
