The Culture Advocates Caucus, CAC, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Lagos presents the 5th edition of WORDSLAM, the big-stage live Poetry/Spoken Word/Rap performances featuring some of the city's most tested and reputed Word artistes.

Theme:

HOMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Sub-theme:

Why are we so blessed with Flood; Erosion; Desertification; Dirty Habitat... Reflection on Environmental Hazards; Global Warming; Depletion of the Ozone....

DATE: September 24, 2011

TIME: 3pm

VENUE: Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos Island (adjacent St. Nicholas Hospital

GATE: FREE

On the line up are:

Dagga Tolar; Habeeb Ayodeji aka Awoko; Iquo Eke; Cornerstone,  Uche Nwadinachi, Edaoto; Onileagbon, Ayeola Mabiaku, and other vibrant poetic voices

Also featuring:

'The Young Flowers', featuring performances by Students of Secondary schools from around Lagos

CLIMAX:

The OPEN MIC session featuring extempore performances by members of the audience.
Please come along with your Poems or Rap or Spoken Word pieces.
Prizes available for best THREE choices of the general audience

Bandstand: NAIJAZZ collective

Supported by: EDUN Drum Ensemble

Compere/Word Priest: YEMI OYEWO

SPECIAL:

MBIZE... Landslide on Eastern Side; a poetic field report by the poet/painter/journalist CHUKA NNABUIFE.

GUEST POET: The poet/playwright/journalist, BEN TOMOLOJU

Free Entry!

It's a feast of poetic flights....