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SheSheSlam2022

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[et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Over the years the poetry and spoken words scene in Accra have seen many male performers than female performers and this imbalance is what Ehalakasa is hoping to adjust with the maiden SheSheSlam2022.

It is our obligation as a community to give sisters the space to tell their stories in different forms, one of such is slam. Slam is a three (3) round healthy competitive performance where poets perform their original written spoken word poetry before a live audience and are judged by 5 randomly selected audiences as judges judging on the scale of 0 -10.

Each piece or performance must be within 3 minutes at length.
This slam is a Herstoric moment in the spoken word landscape in Ghana. It’s the first of many to come, so let us take this chance to get women out there, let the landlords know that we have matters of importance we can bring onto the table.

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Berlene

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Berlene is an excellently versatile spoken word poet who believes in expressionism through literature.
Her works’ genre cuts across social, economic, domestic, cultural and of course, romance.
Given her versatility, she writes poems for publications and spoken word poems as well.

She finished as 1st runner-up at the 2019 Ehalakasa National slam Championship.
Also, she won the Poet of the year award at the GAW world Poetry Day event in 2018.

Her utmost quest as she states;
“I want to cut people deep with my narrative that they may bleed different different colours of emotional responses”

Theresa Kufuor

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I’m Theresa Kufuor staged as Twita lite. I am a spoken word artist, a writer and a fempreneur. I have been doing poetry since 2018 and life experiences are my inspiration.

Nora (Xorlarlie) Anyidoho

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Nora (Xorlarlie) Anyidoho is a lover of words and art. She spends most hours of her day,
making meaning of numbers as a finance professional.
On other days, she loses herself in pen and brush strokes, in attempts to create beauty

Grace Louise Wood

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Grace Louise Wood is a British-Jamaican writer, artist, educator and curator.
She has been living and working in Ghana since 2018, running education programmes
for the UK Government, and writing poetry.

She is an alumnus of Barbican Young Poets, and performed at their poetry showcase in 2013.
Her poems have been published in ‘Human Parts’ on Medium, Drama Queens Ghana COV-19 Zine 2020,
and Tampered Press 5th Issue and 6th Issues in 2021.


She performs her poems at events in Ghana, including ‘The Offering’ at Greenleaf Café Tema,
‘Arts Nkwa’ at The Canvas Accra in 2020, Ehalakasa ‘Talk Party’ in 2021, and the
Tampered Press 6th Issue launch in 2022

Tizaamah

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I’m tizaamah.
A student of University of Ghana.
Level 200.
Studying Science in Aministration .
I write and it heals.

Grace Nkrumah-Buandoh

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Grace Nkrumah-Buandoh, who performs under the pseudonym Bonkua, is a lover of words and music.
Through her love for reading, she decided to create her own world and started writing short
stories at the age of 8, but entered into the poetry community in 2018 with Ehalakasa.

She is an artistic activist, with a keen interest in addressing issues such as Gender Based
Violence, Rape and Menstrual and Reproductive health as well as Mental Health and General well-being.
She has a passion for volunteering and teaching, and believes that there is an artist screaming in
everyone’s mind.


We just have to listen and scream along with it. She aspires to be a artist who leaves her footprints
on the hearts of wandering souls so they can find their way back home.

Stella Gyimaah Larbi

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Stella Gyimaah Larbi is a believer  of a new generation of self reliant youngsters and positive changers in the classroom and the world to reduce inequality.
She is a proud Teacher, Trainer. Youngsters and Teachers Development Consultant, Keynote Speaker and a Writer. She is a lover of words and so adores poetry.

Gyimaah  is the founder of “Youngsters and Teachers Hub” a non governmental organisation based in Ghana. Her work include  teaching, consultancy, training, inspiring sessions, grooming and assisting to create strategies in the area of youngsters  and teacher development. She runs “She to go” an innitiative to push women and girls to acquire soft and hard skills to break barriers in all domains.


She believes the foundation of a person is key to future success and everybody can make a change positively when the right values, skills and knowledge are acquired.
Gyimaah’s drive is to help uplift the gift in others; to dedicate fully when need be; To learn and come out with theoretical and practical innovations to change the face  of learning.
She authored “Girls’ and Ladies’ Greatness Guide”, “Getting the Grades” and “Beyond Today”.

LAWRENCIA ASAADARE AWINSONGYA

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Lawrencia Asaadare Awinsongya is a 4th year student of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), offering Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and majoring in Journalism. She has, among many things, acquired skills in
bead making, hair braiding, photography and creative writing.

Miss Awinsongya is a lovely young communicator and results oriented person, very passionate about public speaking and with great awe for innovation. She is an ardent believer of ethical leadership, mental health awareness and advocacy for girl child education.

Lawrencia is currently a Mastercard foundation scholar at CAMFED. She also served as the assistant Girls Prefect in Gowrie Senior High School in Bolgatanga.


Miss Awinsongya holds in high esteem the willingness to give back to the society. As such, she has volunteered in helping young girls transition from Senior High School into tertiary institutions or into trades. She has also participated in
sensitization and conscientization programmes.

She took part and excelled in the 3rd Edition of the Kasanufo Public Speaking Training and Contest in 2021.
Lawrencia Asaadare dreams of becoming a renowned Journalist, Author and Public Speaker. She also dreams of creating a safe space for teens and youth going through issues with mental health to help them fight through.

ZOOM TALK PARTY REVIEW Friday, January 14, 2022

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Artist Profile
“We don’t smile because we are happy but we are happy because we smile.” Born Eastwind-Blessman Al-Jewellace Bhryte Mann Kobina Ebo Diamond and known as Diamond King-Speaks, one-third of the trio spokenword Kings. Started writing at age thirteen since Junior High School and has since evolved and matured greatly. Most popular pieces being “The B.e.a.utiful Woman” series and in most recent times, giving his audience tragic stories from his upcoming project known as “Broken Bottles”.

Party Time
Diamond recounts how he saw a video many years ago that intrigued him, but he didn’t understand the contents until his big brother came from the university and explained that it was a spokenword video and introduced him to the concept. Though he has been writing since age 13, he started doing poetry in 2014 after he attended a couple of poetry shows, including EHALAKASA, and other slams. Diamond also listens to and watches other artists while working on himself.

Storyteller is how he describes himself, rather than a rhythmic poet or spokenword artist and this is evident in his style of writing and performance. Diamond writes very captivating pieces and believes recitals are great, however, stories are more relatable and people can feel the emotions.

Starting off with “Breaks my heart to tell you I love you”, then “Tragic”, it was a party filled with sadness and heartbreaks; one for the ‘sad boys’. For our open mic session, Ethelyn Echep chipped in with a musical interlude. Her silky smooth, yet powerful voice served us “You are who you are”. After, the guest act of the day kept everyone’s attention with a “15-year-old marriage without a child” story and a sad “emergency wedding”.

For his last piece, Diamond called for three random words: seed, uniqueness, shadow. He produced such a mesmerizing piece!

In conclusion, the captivating storyteller hinted that he would engage in more studio work this year, and he is already working on his project “BROKEN BOTTLES”.

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