Local Poets Commemorate International Poetry Day
Monday, March 25, 2019
Black African Poets during the commemoration of the International Poetry Day PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
The Ministry Of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development went into partnership with The Black African Poets Organisation with the main aim of grooming poets and commemorating the day.
The ceremony was graced by former president, Ian Khama, who witnessed the beauty of children expressing their feelings through poetry. “Poetry is very vital, more especially being expressed in our mother tongue, as The Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport And Culture Development,” said Dineo Phuti who was a representative from The Ministry Of Youth Empowerment, Sport And Culture Development.
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