by Admin | Feb 18, 2026 | Latest, ShesheSlam
Ehalakasa is proud to welcome Huda the Goddess, Huda Fadlelmawla, as a Selection Jury Member for SheShe Slam 2026, our flagship women centered slam poetry platform commemorating International Women’s Day.
Huda the Goddess is an internationally recognised spoken word poet, educator, and cultural organiser whose work is known for its raw immediacy and fearless truth telling. Widely respected for her improvised style, she uses the stage not as a pedestal, but as a public meeting place, where identity, power, faith, and belonging can be spoken without permission.
Over the past decade, Huda has built a career that blends artistry with impact. She won the Queensland Poetry Slam in 2020 and 2021, and went on to win the Australian Poetry Slam in 2021, milestones that positioned her as one of the defining spoken word voices of her generation in Australia.
Her performance footprint stretches well beyond competition stages. Huda has appeared across major literary and cultural platforms, and her work continues to travel because it speaks with a rare combination of precision and vulnerability. In interviews and public features, she is consistently described as a poet whose work engages equality, women’s rights, and her lived story as a Sudanese refugee, while holding space for audience connection rather than spectacle.
Huda’s creative range also extends into multidisciplinary performance. She has been associated with Betwixt, a work that blends movement and spoken word, reflecting her strength as both poet and dancer, and her interest in forms that allow storytelling to live in both body and language.
What makes Huda especially aligned with SheShe Slam is her commitment to building safe cultural infrastructure for others. She founded Black Ink, a Brisbane based open mic created as an inclusive space for artists of colour, and she leads She Is, a platform and exhibition model focused on empowering women of colour through storytelling and mentorship. These are not side projects. They are evidence of leadership, of someone who understands that culture grows when people are intentionally supported.
In 2025, Huda received the Les Murray Award for Refugee Recognition, reflecting the public impact of her work and the significance of her voice beyond artistic circles.
As a Selection Jury Member for SheShe Slam 2026, Huda brings a rare mix of strengths: craft, fairness, audience intelligence, and a deep respect for lived experience. Her ear for language is matched by her understanding of what a safe platform should protect, especially for women and for voices that have historically been asked to shrink.
Her presence strengthens the integrity of our selection process and affirms what SheShe Slam stands for: excellence with dignity, boldness with care, and storytelling that does not apologise for telling the truth.
by Admin | Aug 8, 2025 | Artist Corner, Events, Latest, Pro.Files, Slam
Ueezy de Poet, also known as Herman Jatoe, is not here for applause. He’s here to disrupt. To shake the silence. To put a rhythm to the realities so many try to avoid.
Emerging from the raw edges of Ghana’s urban storylines, Ueezy is part of a bold new poetic generation that doesn’t perform for validation it performs for truth. And that truth is often uncomfortable, unfiltered, and urgent.
His words cut through expectations like a hot blade through butter sharp, swift, and deliberate. Behind his bright smile lies a mind that has mastered the metaphor and a heart that knows how to make every syllable land like a fist or a feather depending on the moment.
On August 9th, 2025, at 6 PM at the British Council, Ueezy will take the mic at the Ehalakasa National Poetry Slam Prelims. The room may not be ready. But he is.
Whether he’s unpacking identity, spinning street slang into scripture, or challenging societal myths, Ueezy doesn’t just speak poems he lives them.
The slam stage is about voice, grit, presence and Ueezy de Poet brings all three in generous supply. This isn’t a performance. It’s a prophecy in progress.
by Admin | Aug 8, 2025 | Artist Corner, Events, Latest, Pro.Files, Slam
Some poets write to entertain. Others to provoke thought. Dorneh Rhymez does both often in the same breath.
A master of wordplay and wit, Dorneh wields poetry like a craftsman’s tool shaping verses that amuse, challenge, and endure. His work is a blend of mirror and megaphone: holding up a reflection to the world while amplifying the questions we sometimes avoid.
“I want my poetry to linger,” he says. “It can be lighthearted, but it should always leave a shadow of thought behind.”
From light jabs of humor to hard-hitting social commentary, Dorneh’s lines walk the fine line between art and advocacy. His captivating storytelling invites listeners in, while his clever puns make them stay longer than they planned.
In a world of fleeting attention, Dorneh Rhymez knows how to earn it and keep it. His poetry doesn’t just live in the moment; it travels home with you, quietly echoing long after the applause fades.
Whether on a bustling stage or in an intimate reading circle, he delivers words that connect, challenge, and charm proof that poetry can be both playful and powerful.
by Admin | Aug 7, 2025 | Artist Corner, Latest, Pro.Files, Slam
In an age where identity is often lost in noise, Akolgo Anyeteliba Veronica, known on stage as Teliba – The Barefoot Woman, is walking a different path literally and figuratively. As a cultural ambassador and the crowned Queen of the North Ghana 2022, Teliba embodies the spirit of a generation seeking connection to its roots while carving out new artistic ground.
Hailing from Ghana’s northern belt, Teliba’s presence on stage is unmistakable. She performs barefoot not as a gimmick, but as a sacred symbol of grounding, humility, and authenticity. Her feet touch the same soil that nourished her ancestors, and through her poetry, she bridges the spiritual with the political, the personal with the pan-African.
A powerful spoken word artist, Teliba’s voice flows like river water soft in tone, sharp in truth. Her verses speak to cultural identity, womanhood, decolonization, and social awakening. Whether she is chanting against cultural erasure or invoking ancestral wisdom, her message is consistent: Africa must reclaim its voice and use it wisely.
Beyond performance, Teliba is a committed cultural activist, using poetry to inspire critical thought and radical self-love. She challenges modern constructs of success and beauty, urging youth to embrace their heritage unapologetically. Her mission? To be a vessel not for fame, but for freedom.
Now preparing to take the stage at the Ehalakasa National Poetry Slam Prelims 2025, supported by the British Council, Teliba stands not only as a contender but as a catalyst for cultural resurgence. She doesn’t just recite poems she summons spirits, reclaims narratives, and reminds us that barefoot isn’t bare it’s bold.
