The Culture Advocates Caucus, CAC, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Lagos presents the 5th edition of WORDSLAM, the big-stage live Poetry/Spoken Word/Rap performances featuring some of the city's most tested and reputed Word artistes.
Theme:
HOMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Sub-theme:
Why are we so blessed with Flood; Erosion; Desertification; Dirty Habitat... Reflection on Environmental Hazards; Global Warming; Depletion of the Ozone....
DATE: September 24, 2011
TIME: 3pm
VENUE: Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos Island (adjacent St. Nicholas Hospital
GATE: FREE
On the line up are:
Dagga Tolar; Habeeb Ayodeji aka Awoko; Iquo Eke; Cornerstone, Uche Nwadinachi, Edaoto; Onileagbon, Ayeola Mabiaku, and other vibrant poetic voices
Also featuring:
'The Young Flowers', featuring performances by Students of Secondary schools from around Lagos
CLIMAX:
The OPEN MIC session featuring extempore performances by members of the audience.
Please come along with your Poems or Rap or Spoken Word pieces.
Prizes available for best THREE choices of the general audience
Bandstand: NAIJAZZ collective
Supported by: EDUN Drum Ensemble
Compere/Word Priest: YEMI OYEWO
SPECIAL:
MBIZE... Landslide on Eastern Side; a poetic field report by the poet/painter/journalist CHUKA NNABUIFE.
GUEST POET: The poet/playwright/journalist, BEN TOMOLOJU
Free Entry!
It's a feast of poetic flights....
