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WORD UP: Poets that will be on parade at Word Up Volume 6.
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Poets that will be on parade at Word Up Volume 6. He biggest Spoken Word Poetry Platform in Nigeria comes to town again this November 2013. This edition tagged , WORD UP Volume 6. November 23, 2013. At Terra Kulture, V/Island, Lagos,. With the theme, "Stop the violence.". Soul Music will be by Pure Child. Celebrity Poets: The King of Comedy in Nigeria, ALI BABA and YEANCAH ADAMU (Soundcity). Word Up Volume 6.
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WORD UP: PoetryIsMusicIsPoetry this Sunday November 17, 2013
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Wednesday, November 13, 2013. PoetryIsMusicIsPoetry this Sunday November 17, 2013. PoetryIsMusicIsPoetry is part of the series of events marking the 15th edition of the. Lagos Book and Art Festival. It will explore the relationship between poetry and music, through performance. You will meet the finest ensemble of poets, who will make words sing, and musicians, who will employ language and tell stories over instrumentals. The duality of h...
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WORD UP: Life and Business lessons I learnt from Steven Gerard and Stephen Keshi.
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Friday, November 22, 2013. Life and Business lessons I learnt from Steven Gerard and Stephen Keshi. Life and business lessons I learnt from Steven Gerard and Stephen Keshi. I am not a fan of Liverpool, but I am a fan of Steven Gerard. The Champions League final of 2004/05 (Liverpool versus AC Milan) is for me, one of the greatest match ever. Gerard started as a "4", then moved to play "8", and then played "2," all in one match. Now don't ...
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WORD UP: I AM THIRSTY by Ali Baba (Word Up Volume 6 Celebrity Poet)
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Monday, November 11, 2013. I AM THIRSTY by Ali Baba (Word Up Volume 6 Celebrity Poet). For this, that, here, there, now, always. Insatiable, unsatisfied, unfulfilled, undone. I want, I crave, I need, I try, I wish. For this for that and for everything good. Call me thirsty. Not Tastee. For books, mags, journals, news, novels, printed matters. Knowledge, education, improvement, enhancement. I read, I cram,I scan, I edit, I grow. The event ...
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WORD UP: I'm over 30, and I've never been to a Night Club!!!
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Friday, November 1, 2013. I'm over 30, and I've never been to a Night Club! I'm over 30, and I've never been to a Night Club. Some might exclaim. So? Some might ask in sarcasm. But really, I'm not asking you dear readers to react. Rather, I'm hoping that in writing, I might be able to see some reason myself, why I have refused to grow up with my generation. We all need to be writers. This is a proposition I'm taking to the national as...
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WORD UP: August 2013
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Saturday, August 31, 2013. Season 2 of War Of Words (Slam Poetry Competition) starts September 2013. Can you use words to tease and please? Or perhaps kiss words and make them bounce and dance? Then this is for you. Organizers of WORD UP. A Slam Poetry Competition). 1 $500 for the winner. 2 The top three poets get to perform at WORD UP Volume 7 in February 2014 alongside the best Spoken Word Poets in Naija. Via twitter @wordup411,. Topics...
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WORD UP: The finalists for War Of Words Season 2 are.....!!!
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Friday, November 8, 2013. The finalists for War Of Words Season 2 are! For this 2nd edition of War Of Words, we had a total of 22 video entries/ submission from Spoken Word Poets in different parts of Nigeria using the theme "Be The Change You Seek.". However, only 16 poets can be selected to compete on stage at the main event on Sunday December 15, 2013. Thus, we say a big THANK YOU to all the poets who entered for the competition. The P...
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WORD UP: Dis lines no calm at all...!!!
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Friday, November 22, 2013. Dis lines no calm at all! Dis lines no calm at all. Cos my mind dey voke,. Invoking wailings of unheard cries buried. And my blurry eyes dey scary to even look at. My dairies and memories of swallowed grudges,. Grudges of pains and stains of blood on sheets. No mistake am for virginity but in-sanitized mutilation,. Frustration and humiliation wey dem take hammer,. Dem wey 'we' call 'men.'. So dem no be prey,.
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WORD UP: My heart, my joy, my love by Dupe Holloway
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Sunday, November 17, 2013. My heart, my joy, my love by Dupe Holloway. My heart, my joy, my love. It feels good to know that I am yours. Finally I know what it is to see the world through rose coloured glasses. My master the glasses are off. You knocked it off last night with a slap. But I have on my LV shades to cover the black eye you left. My abuser, I said no this morning yet you forced yourself on me. War of Words Season 2! Im over 3...
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WORD UP: CYCLE OF VIOLENCE by Osowe Gbenga
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Promoting Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and other Literary arts. Thursday, November 21, 2013. CYCLE OF VIOLENCE by Osowe Gbenga. I was thinking about Domestic Violence and how it continues in a cycle (men who grew up to see their fathers beat their mothers are less likely to see anything wrong in beating women etc) and the thoughts brought this poem titled CYCLE. I have chosen to speak. To lend the world my words. And let my voice be heard. Against the violence of silence. I sound the alarm,. Who think...
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