Performance Poetry Class with Bash, Set to Kick Off This Weekend
All is set for Performance Poetry Class with Bash, to kick off this weekend at Ozidu House, Osun Cresent, Maitama, Abuja. This two-day performance poetry course, which would explore the art, tricks, and business of performance poetry would hold on Friday, the 24th to Saturday,…
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Performance Poetry Class with Bash, Set to Kick Off This Weekend
As 2019 crawled slowly to an end, we made a list of seven writers’ resolutions necessary for a writing breakthrough this 2020 and taking paid courses as well as other variants of self-investment was a part of it. This is why we are excited to announce that everything is set to train more stage poets. We cannot wait for Bash and his co-facilitator who are gods of stage poetry to replicate themselves in up and coming performance poets. Truth is, we need more Dike Chukwumerijies and Titiloupe Shonugas to take poetry from the page to the stage in a way that does not mock the very essence of poetry.
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All is set for Performance Poetry Class with Bash, to kick off this weekend at Ozidu House, Osun Cresent, Maitama, Abuja. This two-day performance poetry course, which would explore the art, tricks, and business of performance poetry would hold on Friday, the 24th to Saturday,...
