JAY: The Rising Voice from St. Rose’s with a Poetic Mission for Change

JAY: The Rising Voice from St. Rose’s with a Poetic Mission for Change

Every generation births a voice that speaks not just for itself, but for its future. Jessica Annor-Yeboah, known poetically as JAY, is one of those voices.

Currently a student at St. Rose’s Senior High School, JAY is already shaping herself into a beacon for positive societal change, using poetry as her tool of transformation. At an age where most are still finding their footing, JAY is already finding her platform and more importantly, her purpose.

For JAY, poetry isn’t about performance. It’s about possibility the power to question, to uplift, and to imagine a better world. Her verses reflect a deep understanding of today’s challenges and a determination to contribute meaningfully to their solutions.

With an undeniable love for the arts and a growing body of work that reflects thoughtfulness, heart, and clarity, JAY represents a new wave of Ghanaian youth voices unafraid to speak truth to power not with anger, but with elegance.

She steps into the spotlight at the Ehalakasa National Poetry Slam Prelims 2025, not just as a student but as a poet with a purpose.

Nesty Brown: Designing Impact, Delivering Purpose One Verse at a Time

Nesty Brown: Designing Impact, Delivering Purpose One Verse at a Time

To design is to communicate. To perform is to connect. Nesty Brown does both with clarity, conviction, and a higher purpose.

Known off stage as Ernest Agyei, Nesty is a graphic designer, missionary, and spoken word artist based in Accra, Ghana. A recent graduate of GH Media School with a diploma in TV and Film Production, he embodies the new wave of Ghanaian creatives fusing visual storytelling and spiritual depth.

For Nesty, poetry is not a performance it’s a ministry. His spoken word pieces aren’t just well-written; they are divinely inspired, crafted to reach hearts and shake minds. As a Christian missionary, his work reflects a deeper mission to transform lives through God-given gifts and to spark real, lasting change through the arts.

Whether behind a screen designing visuals or standing before an audience reciting verses, Nesty uses art as impact and media as ministry. His debut appearance at the Ehalakasa National Poetry Slam Prelims 2025 is more than a milestone it’s a message.

Evans Narh: The Teacher-Poet Using Poetry to Inspire Hope and Uplift a Nation

Evans Narh: The Teacher-Poet Using Poetry to Inspire Hope and Uplift a Nation

For some, poetry is a performance. For Evans Narh, poetry is purpose in motion.

At 23, this teacher and spoken word artist is not simply chasing stages he’s on a mission to inspire hope, uplift his Dangme heritage, and share the truth of Jesus Christ through the transformative power of art.

Born Terkpernor Evans Narh, his journey intertwines the classroom and the stage. As an educator, he plants seeds of knowledge. As a performer, he plants seeds of faith, resilience, and identity.

Evans doesn’t just write to entertain. He writes to testify. Each verse is a declaration of God’s grace, of tomorrow’s promise, and of the dreams still growing in Ghana’s youth. For him, art is a vessel to tell the world: there is still hope.

As he prepares to step into the spotlight at the Ehalakasa National Poetry Slam Prelims 2025, Evans represents more than himself. He represents the spirit of the Dangme people, the humility of the teacher, and the voice of a generation that still believes in tomorrow.

Kai Nananom: A Poet Channeling Ancestors to Guide a Modern World

Kai Nananom: A Poet Channeling Ancestors to Guide a Modern World

In an era ruled by quick answers and faster distractions, there comes a voice that slows us down one that speaks not from trend, but from timeless truth is Kai Nananom.

Kai Nananom, A poet. A performer. A keeper of ancestral memory. This is a spoken word artist who doesn’t just write poems he channels prophecy.

With a message rooted in elder wisdom, this performer reminds us of the sacred knowledge buried in silence, in stories untold, and in the hearts of the aged. “Spend some time with the aged not everything is found on Google,” he says. That isn’t a quote. It’s a philosophy.

On stage, he is more than a performer. He becomes a vessel voicing lessons from ancestors long gone but never forgotten. His verses bridge the past and present, anchoring modern minds in indigenous wisdom.

At the Ehalakasa National Poetry Slam Prelims 2025, this performer brings more than a poem. He brings ritual. Rhythm. Remembering.

Poema: A New Voice in West African Poetry Bridging Generations, Cultures, and Healing

Poema: A New Voice in West African Poetry Bridging Generations, Cultures, and Healing

In a generation searching for healing through art, Poema is a voice born for the moment.

Born Adeleye Abundance Temiloluwa, and of Yoruba descent, Poema represents a beautiful convergence of cultures: Nigerian by heritage, Ghanaian by heart, and African by voice. She speaks from the crossroads of legacy and future, pain and purpose.

Her poetry boldly addresses familial dynamics, generational trauma, and the emotional undertones of love. But she doesn’t just write to be heard she writes to understand, to make sense of silence, and to give language to healing.

Currently studying to become a clinical psychologist, Poema blends her love for psychology and African literature into a unique poetic style that is emotionally intelligent, intellectually grounded, and powerfully resonant.

As she steps onto the stage for the Ehalakasa National Poetry Slam Prelims 2025, she brings not just her verses but a vision: to stand on global stages, to tell stories often buried, and to turn inherited pain into collective healing.