Octavia Poetry Collective presents: Africa Writes Party 2018 The Year of the Womxn

Octavia Poetry Collective presents: Africa Writes Party 2018
The Year of the Womxn (with BSL interpretation)

Saturday 30 June, Rich Mix
£10 / £8 for RAS Members

Following 2017’s sold out R.A.P Party, Africa Writes returns with the official festival party hosted by Octavia Poetry Collective. Join us for a Wakanda-themed evening of poetry, music and dancing into the night /future where we’ll showcase and celebrate the words, the art, the song of womxn from Africa and the diaspora. Featuring Theresa Lola, Momtaza Mehri, Sarah Lasoye, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Hibaq Osman, Rachel Long, Belinda Zhawi, and Amina Jama, and a speech on ‘Warrior Womxn Writers’ by special guest Bernardine Evaristo.

Plus, music from
DJ Tone gal-dem.com
DJ Ca$h Era https://soundcloud.com/djcashera

This year the party takes place at Rich Mix – a vibrant venue in East London that brings together artists and people of diverse backgrounds through art and culture.

This event will be BSL interpreted by Rebekah Spencer.

Octavia is a poetry collective for womxn of colour founded in response to the lack of representation and inclusivity in literature and academia. Since 2015, Octavia have come together to read beyond the canon and write themselves. They meet monthly at Southbank Centre, London, and regard it as their poetic home. Octavia have featured on BBC World Service, in The Guardian, ASOS, Hotdog Magazine, and have run poetry and creative-educational workshops for University of Oxford and the Serpentine Galleries.

Octavia are: Amaal Said, Amina Jama, Anita Barton-Williams, Anjali Barot, Ankita Saxena, Belinda Zhawi, Hibaq Osman, Josette Joseph, Momtaza Mehri, Raheela Suleman, Rhondda Rhiannon, Rachel Long, Sarah Lasoye, Sunayana Bhargava, Tania Nwachukwu, Theresa Lola, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Virginia Joseph & Zahrah Sheikh.

Original artwork by Olivia Twist

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