Lyric Portals to Past and Future Events
Alycia Pirmohamed’s Another Way to Split Water paints an intimate portrait of family across generations. Using elements from the natural world, she touches on themes of language, migration, and belonging, weaving tales that reshape and redefine identity.
According to Keguro Macharia, Ngwatilo Mawiyoo writes a poetry of place. With a growing body of work including two chapbooks (Dagoretti Corner, 2016, Blue Mothertongue, 2010), one EP, several published poems, essays, and films, Ngwatilo’s work is a mesmerizing blend of vivid imagery, rhythmic language, and profound introspection, traversing landscapes both external and internal, illuminating the complexities of identity, culture, and human connection with a unique and resonant voice.
In an enriching event of conversation and readings both poets share insights from their works and offer a space to explore how poetry can be a vehicle for interrogating the past and anticipating the future through personal and communal lenses.
📅 28th October, 2023
🕒 2:30pm
📍 Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
🎟️ FREE ENTRY (Registration required)
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Alycia Pirmohamed’s Another Way to Split Water paints an intimate portrait of family across generations. Using elements from the natural world, she touches on themes of language, migration, and belonging, weaving tales that reshape and redefine identity.
According to Keguro Macharia, Ngwatilo Mawiyoo writes a poetry of place. With a growing body of work including two chapbooks (Dagoretti Corner, 2016, Blue Mothertongue, 2010), one EP, several published poems, essays, and films, Ngwatilo’s work is a mesmerizing blend of vivid imagery, rhythmic language, and profound introspection, traversing landscapes both external and internal, illuminating the complexities of identity, culture, and human connection with a unique and resonant voice.
In an enriching event of conversation and readings both poets share insights from their works and offer a space to explore how poetry can be a vehicle for interrogating the past and anticipating the future through personal and communal lenses. Moderated by Elizabeth Johnson.
📅 28th October, 2023
🕒 2:30pm
📍 Alliance Française | Mike Adenuga Center, 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi
🎟️ FREE ENTRY (Registration required)