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Essentials: Wana Udobang’s ‘In Memory Of Forgetting’ is not a feminist album, it is so much more
This is not an ordinary review.
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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
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Titilope’s Spoken Word is Filling The Void Music Can’t Reach
Words have their own power, even when you take away the music.