Poets take turns at GIMC

Tuesday, September 05, 2017

Even though one of the main acts, Mma Kay from the US disappointed big time, it was poets such as Poetess Phopho and TJ Dema, who impressed the crowd and covered Botswanacraft with nothing but spoken word poetry.

Just like last year, the event managed to attract equitable numbers. E.PIC was the MC of the day and even though he is not a poet, he managed to let the poets succeed one another the way daylight succeeds night.

The first poet to impress the audience was Poetess Phopho, who refers to herself as ‘Motswana wa Sekei’. Phopho always has the best introduction ever and she swung Setswana words around like a linguistic expert.

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Poets take turns at GIMC

Even though one of the main acts, Mma Kay from the US disappointed big time, it was poets such as Poetess Phopho and TJ Dema, who impressed the crowd and covered Botswanacraft with nothing but spoken word poetry.

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