Dema off to Scotland fest

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Botswana's poet and arts administrator Tjawangwa 'TJ' Dema is once again raising the country's flag high abroad.

The poet is billed to perform in Scotland from March 5 to 9 at the Stanza International Poetry Festival. ëTJí has been invited alongside other poets from different Commonwealth countries to perform at the highly acclaimed Scottish poetry festival.

ëTJí is no stranger to performing at International poetry festivals. Last October she was among three other Batswana poets Moroka Moreri, Barolong Seboni and Andreattah Chuma who went to Sweden to perform at the Uppsala International Poetry Festival.

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Dema off to Scotland fest

Botswana's poet and arts administrator Tjawangwa 'TJ' Dema is once again raising the country's flag high abroad.