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Poetry and Palm Wine: Women were front and center at the Ake Book and Art Festival
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![Kenyan electronica and Ghanaian spoken word combine on Poetra Asantewa’s “Round Pegs”](https://thenativemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/poetra-e1495105541355-1.jpg)
Kenyan electronica and Ghanaian spoken word combine on Poetra Asantewa’s “Round Pegs”
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Watch 5 of the finest spoken word performances by Poetra Asantewa
Some fem-centric poetry for women's history