The SADC Human Rights & Poetry 2021 Virtual Festival has attracted 7 SADC Countries. The performers admitted into the festival are serial acts of the Southern African region spearheading wide-enjoyment of and demand for human rights in their poetry. The festival wishes to underscore the importance of poetry in the fight for equal enjoyment of human rights by all and also to cast light on the state of Human Rights in Southern Africa.
The following artivists will lead us into the exploration of Human Rights in Southern Africa:
Angola
Pedro Carlos
Lunga Izata
Botswana
Moroka Moreri
Eswatini
Betfusile Mamba
Mozambique
Edelson Titosse
South Africa
Xolani Ntuli
Zambia
Kondwani Simwaba
Yihemba Lubanji
Vanessa Chilufya
Chileleko Mapiki
Zimbabwe
Mercy Dliwayo
Margaret Chideme
Racheal Ncube
Thandokuhle Sibanda
Tiffany Tanyaradzwa
The Big Dream is to have a Physical Festival in 2022 which will begin with the Women Arts and Poetry Festival in March during Women’s month then the SADC Human Rights and Poetry Festival. See you on 10 December 2021 at 16:00 Southern African Time on our Facebook and YouTube for the full viewing of, and engagement with us during, the Virtual Festival.
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