Koleka Putuma is a Cape Town-based performance poet whose poetry centres around her identity as a black woman in South Africa — a country with a long history of spoken word performance being used as a tool to reach social goals. Putuma continues this tradition through her work, facilitating writing and dialogue workshops at schools, community projects & interfaith programmes in the Cape Town area, plus supporting up and coming women artists through the theatre company she co-founded, Velvet Spine.

“Silence is a thing for us black women,” she said. “The goal for me is to write myself into something, be it into existence. Just to talk.” She’s already won the PEN SA Student Writing Prize for her poem, Water, and has been named one of Africa’s top 10 poets.

www.one.org

አቆነጃጀትሽ
ለማንም ያልገባ
ከማንም ያልኖረ
ተሸዋጅ ወንዶችን
ሁሉ እያባረረ
ምትኃቱ ሆኖ
ለሁሉ ሰው ግራ
ከረፈደ ኋላ
መልሶ ‘ሚጣራ

ሩዲ ፍራንሲስኮ
(ነጻ ትርጉም፦ በሰይፈ ተማም ተብዬው)
#rudy #rudy_francisco #poetry

#Creative_ Futures is back with the second round!

Are you up for joining the creative and innovation month program where you get to innovate while collaborating with other #creative practitioners in the #imagesector, with a chance to showcase your innovation, and win up-to 100,000 ETB.

If you are a creative in the image sector with an innovative project idea we invite you to Apply!

Here comes The Arts Mailing List newsletter – 2nd Jan 2021 https://bit.ly/3aY61tg

Featuring the colourful work of Khalid Mohammed https://www.instagram.com/khalidopia/

With so many open calls, competitions, residencies etc ... there is something for each one of you to apply for!!!!

ግጥም ሲጥም 3 ተቃርባለች
ቅዳሜ፣ ጥር ፣ 2013

Gitem Sitem 3 is almost here
January 16, 2021

የአሁኑ 'ራስ' ማን ይመስላችኋል? (የምታውቁ🤫) እነማንንስ እናመጣለን? አብረን እንከታተል!



#ግጥምሲጥም #ግጥማዊቅዳሜ # #artinaddis #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetsinaddis

አገራዊ ቀለም ያለው ዓለማቀፋዊ ደረጃውን የጠበቀ ኢፒ (እንጎቻ አልበም) በነጻ ጀባ ብሏችኋል!

በምንወደው ዘውግ ውስጥ መገኛችንን ሳንለቅ እራሳችንንም እንደሆንን ግላዊ መገለጥን ቦታ ለሚሰጡ ተምሳሌታዊ የሆነ የጥበብ ስራ!

በነጻ ዩቱብ ላይ 👇🏾👇🏾

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0kLcBGv9A&list=PLgAOWv9vU88-YMKyV2i1P0tTFcMrnJFu4&index=3

Laphto Contemporary Art Gallery will open an art exhibition by Kirubel Abebe titled "Gestures of Mask-Ulinity" on 16 January 2021. The event which will open at 3:00pm on 16 January will stay open until 16 February 2021. @linkupaddis

https://t.me/GitemSitem

!?!

አጋኖ መጠየቅ
ጠይቆ ማጋነን ፣
ተጠየቅ ተመኑን
መልሱን አለማመን ፣
የንጋት ጉልበቱ
የእውነት ውበት ተመን ።

ለተወርዋሪ ኮከብ ዮሐንስ አድማሱ
© ዲበኩሉ ጌታ

ሌላ ዓለም እስኪገኝ
***
መኖር ምሬት ምሬት
አየር እሬት እሬት፤
መተንፈስ መፈጥፈጥ
ከላይ ወደ መሬት።
ሰውነት አሳር ነው
ሸሸኹት ገላዬን፣
መራመድ ምሳር ነው
እራቀኹት መኖሬን።
በቃኝ - ደቃኝ ኑሮ!
የመቃብር ደወል
የእርምጃው ከበሮ።
በቃኝ ከዚህ አገር
ዲበ ደህና ሰንብት!
ሌላ ቀን!
ሌላ ዓለም!
ሌላ ዘር እስኪብት።

©ዲበኩሉ ጌታ
ጥቅምት፣ 27፣ 2013 ዓ.ም።

Advice From 22 Year Old

It's 1:37
The coldness woke
Me up from sleep
Perfect time to
Think deep
In my 22 years
I understood some
Things
One
life is too short
To hold onto pain
Two
Nothing can stop
What God has ordained
Three
If we don't know
How to handle our emotions
By them we will be enslaved

Four
We haven't lived
If we didn't love
And forgived

So why we stay comfortable
In places we don't belong?
We spend more time in darkness
As if it doesn't feel wrong
As if these life given to us is long

Darling,
You were made for bigger things
It's okay if sadness is what you feel
But don't stay there
Someone once said "You matter"
I hope you believe it
Because you do matter
And don't be scared if
You don't fit in
Don't run away if
You make a bad decision
Learn from your mistakes

Don't waste time on what-ifs
Don't let your ego ruin good things
Learn to let go
If it is meant for you
It will find you
And about others
don't be too quick to assume
Everyone is fighting their own battles
Mostly it had nothing to do with you

Love passionately
Unconditionally
Forgive and
without excuse
Learn to say sorry
Be grateful for what you have
Because you didn't know
What it means to starve
Believe in yourself
And also remember
You matter

-Hermela

Open Mic session
📅 January 9, 2021, 3:30-6:00 pm
📍 Jupiter international hotel, Cazaenchis branch
🙏 @Mokaddis

It is free, contact Mekonnen @ 0913107115
@eventsethiopia

#ዲበኩሉ_ጌታ #የምድር_ዘላለም #ግጥምሲጥም3 #ግጥማዊቅዳሜ #poetry #artinaddis #poetrylovers

በአሁኑ የግጥም ሲጥም 'ራስ' ዲበኩሉ ጌታ ነው። 'የምድር ዘላለም' የተሰኘች ግሩም የግጥም ስብስብ መጽሐፍ አለችው!

ስነ-ግጥም፣ ሙዚቃ፣ የእሳት ዳር ጨዋታዎች፣ ምግብና መጠጥ እንዲሁም ሌሎች መዝናኛዎች አሉን።

https://t.me/GitemSitem

በገለጥነው የኛው ቀለም
ጥዑም ግጥም እናጣጥም

የ'ራሱ'ንም የራሳቸውንም ግጥም ሊያቀርቡ እንዲሁም ዝግጅቱን ሊያጥሙ የተዘጋጁት ደግሞ እኚሁላችሁ !
መቅደስ ሞገስ፣ ምትኩ ምድሩ፣ ሊያ አበበ፣ ልዩ ናቃቸው፣ ኪሩቤል ዘርፉ (ድሬ)፣ አናንያ ተሾመ፣ ቲና በላይ፣ ማርቆስ ዘመንበረ ልዑል፣ ቃልኪዳን (Everted), ሻሎም ደሳለኝ፣ አስታወሰኝ ረጋሳ (አስቱ) እና ሌሎችም

ትጉንጬ ካፌ እና ሬስቶራንት /Tigunche cafe and Resturant
ካዛንቺስ ኢሲኤ መንገድ ከእፎይ ፒዛ ጀርባ
Kazanchis ECA road behind Efoy Pizza

#ዲበኩሉ_ጌታ #የምድር_ዘላለም #ግጥምሲጥም3 #ግጥማዊቅዳሜ #artinaddis #poetry #poetrylovers

Green Ethiopia will host an exhibition featuring eco-friendly businesses, entrepreneurs, creators and artists at Fendika Cultural Center on 16 January 2021. Doors will open at 10:00am. For more information contact +251 92914 3012. @linkupaddis

Download and enjoy the January 2021 edition of LinkUp Addis digital magazine: https://bit.ly/3hyyMxI @linkupaddis