5
JUNE 2017
PRESS
RELEASE -THE POTENCY OF POETRY
The Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation is holding the
third Babishai Poetry Festival in Uganda. It's a three-day poetry buffet from
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th August in Uganda. Poets, poetry publishers, poetry performers,
poetry teachers and poetry admirers, will converge in various locations across
Uganda to conduct workshops and transform young minds.
In their signature style, the
#Babishaipoetrynatureseries launches phase two. The team, with adventurous
artists across the region, will trek across Mabira Forest on Friday 4th
August. After the success of the 2016 Poetry on Rwenzori Mountain excursion,
this year there will be another trek across the green enchantment of Mabira
forest.
Poets from all over
the region are encouraged to participate and cultivate the practice of orature
in organic spaces.
On
Saturday 5 August, Tontoma Poetry Jazz will orchestrate traditional poetry
performances and at the same venue,32° East/Ugandan Arts Trust, there will be a
relaunch of the African Poetry Book Fund Library. Published poets are invited
to read from their work and donate their books towards the enrichment of
reading poetry. Maisha Moto will host spoken word performers and storytellers
across the older generation to a much younger one later on that day from
2:00pm.
There
will be a full children's day at the Uganda Museum on the final day, Sunday 6
August, master-classes to groom older poets and finally to close the festival,
an award-giving dinner within the city at Humura Resort. Dinner cards are on
sale at 40,000/-.
If you're
a published poet, distributor of poetry, or bookseller of poetry, come and
exhibit and market your work. Uganda needs you.
For more
information on the festival, dinner cards or book exhibition, please contact
The
Festival Coordinator
George
Kiwanuka
Tel:+256
703147862
Website: www.babishainiwe.com
Twitter:
@BNPoetryAward
