Tag: poetry
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News on The Adinkra Poetry Prize!
The Adinkra Poetry Prize Committee is pleased to share that we will be announcing our finalists of the 2023 Adinkra Poetry Prize on Good Friday, 7 April. Winners will be announced during the week of April 10. This year’s competition received an overwhelming response, with 80 submissions from poets across Ghana. The Adinkra Poetry Prize was…
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Adinkra Craft and Poetry Workshops with Dr. Afua Ansong
4-7 January 2023 | LOATAD Frafraha | In Person Only | Pay What You Want Each workshop is designed to introduce writers to poetic elements of the selected Adinkra symbol and allow them an intimate space to generate stories, poems, and songs that reflect their own personal experiences or cultural heritage. Participants will leave with…
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Ghana Creative Community Meetup
Big Thanks to everyone who attended our first Ghana Creative Community Meetup and Open Forum last Sunday! Writers, bloggers, photographers and supporters came through in their numbers to get together in community and discuss the joys and challenges of being a creative in Ghana. Massive thanks to Henneh Kwaku Kyereh for leading a live service…
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Aja Monet Poetry Workshops
Caribbean-American poet, Aja Monet, held two poetry workshops at LOATAD in January 2022: Freed Between The Lines and Shift: I Am She, a women-only workshop. Both workshops were oversubscribed with long waiting lists, and attendees came from as far afield as the Volta Region and the Ashanti Region. The workshops were interactive and participatory. Attendees…
Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora 