by Admin | Mar 1, 2025 | Artist Corner, Artiste Corner, Events, Latest, ShesheSlam, Slam
he stage is set, and the countdown begins for SheShe Slam IV, Ghana’s premier poetry showdown celebrating the power of words and the brilliance of women in spoken word. This year, two dynamic performers—Emmanuella Afi Dentsui (Afyah4Christ) and Praise Deladem Vorsah (Praiz Dee)—are stepping into the spotlight as the Poetic Mavericks, ready to captivate the audience with their lyrical mastery.
Meet the Mavericks
Afyah4Christ is a passionate educator, creative writer, and poet with a mission to inspire and give back to society through her craft. Her performances are known to blend wisdom, faith, and a powerful sense of purpose.
Praiz Dee, a final-year ICT/Maths student at Akatsi College of Education, is not just a poet—she’s a storyteller, a beauty queen, and a literary force. She lives by Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy: “If some achieve success, it is proof that others can achieve as well.” Her poetry reflects resilience, ambition, and an unshakable belief in the power of words.
The Battle for 5,000 GHC
With 5,000 GHC on the line, SheShe Slam IV promises an electrifying night where poetry meets passion. Who will claim the crown? Who will leave the audience in awe? One thing is certain—these Poetic Mavericks are ready to leave their mark.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, 8th March
Venue: Food Court, Accra Mall
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
Join us for an unforgettable night where words take flight and poetry reigns supreme!
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by Admin | Jan 17, 2023 | Events, Slam
Ehalakasa is the platform where spoken word (poetry) intersects with music.
Eha means Song in Ewe. La means Sing in Ga. Kasa means Talk in Akan (Twi).
These separate words are combined to form EHALAKASA. The basic intent for EHALAKASA is to address and deal with issues relevant to our time as a people, while projecting Ghanaian values. At Ehalakasa we discover, nurture, develop and empower youth in the areas of creative writing, reading and performance arts, through event production and workshops. EHALAKASA has evolved out of the response of artists’ and art lovers’ desire for the awakening and recognition of spoken word performance, live music and poetry in Accra and Ghana.
The SheSheSlam
SheShe is an all-women performance project open to only females. Our target is women of all ages and background based in Ghana with emphasis on young women. Slam as the name implies, is a crash in this case by words and ideas. SheSheSlam is a lyrical battle set between open-minded women who believe in the submission and exchange of thoughts through imagination and creativity within a timeframe of 3 minutes.
This slam is eligible only to females because we have realized a huge gap with regards to gender roles in general within the space of poetry slam and we want to bridge that gap. The poetry slam space, although is not a male-only field has been dominated by males over the years and thus, the need for us to rise up to the call to duty with SheSheSlam. We set to see women slam organizers from A to Z for the first time and to witness all key players during the slam taking the bull by the horn.
Our focus is on helping to raise and grow the interest of young women for the global slam community and allow them the space to voice out in the right direction. We are proud to mention the current National Slam Champion, Twita Lit who is also a former SheShe Slammer, is one of us. She is working towards representing Ghana at the next Africa Cup of Poetry Slam in Bamako this year and later to the World Poetry Slam Championship in Brazil.
This is the road map for SheSheSlam, we are calling on all individuals; women support groups and stake holders who believe and see eye with us on this.
SLAM RULES
The slam is a three (3) round healthy battle of performances where slammers perform their originally written spoken word pieces before a live audience to be judged by five (5) randomly selected audience members as judges on the scale of one to ten (1 – 10).
After each performance, slam master will drop one (1) high score and one (1) low score then add up the three (3) scores in between to make up the total score for the performance. This will make 30 the highest score.
Each piece or performance must be within 3 minutes. A Slammer has a 10 seconds grace period after which one (1) point will be deducted from slammers total score.
No props are allowed (no music, no costume, no use of any object apart from your body)
30 seconds singing allowed but no instrumentals
We are so excited to see you all at the Silverbird Cinemas, Accra Mall on Saturday March 11, 2023.
SheSheSlam – “The future is SheShe”.
Ehalakasa, It lives in us!
