Exodus off to a flying start
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Five years after they started a poetry movement, aimed at representing the voice of Botswana's youth, Exodus Live Poetry is gathering momentum.
The outfit inaugurated this year's campaign at the Cafe Khwest, where it all started, albeit under more humbling circumstances to rave reviews. "I think it is getting better.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...