Kitwe Poetry Corner – With Time
If you enjoyed reading Bwalya Kazungo’s poem THE SOUND, then you will also enjoy his second offering: WITH TIME
If you enjoyed reading Bwalya Kazungo’s poem THE SOUND, then you will also enjoy his second offering: WITH TIME
Barney Kanjela is one of Zambia’s most prolific literary heavy weights. The author of many scripts that have been translated into plays and performed in different countries. He is one of the forces behind Kitwe Poetry Corner.
Barney’s poem of the week is entitled CHANGES.
With the FIFA World Cup of 2010 almost concluded many will be turning their attentions to assessing the performances of the African hopes from this year’s competition and whether there were enough encouraging signs for the future of African football as a whole. In this the first part of a two part series we review each of the six competing African teams and how their performances may have affected football in their respective nations moving forward into the future.
This week Richard Likumba’s poem DESERTED FIRE is one of two that he read at Kitwe Little Theatre, where the Kitwe Poetry Corner poets meet.
This week we proudly present the second poem from Kitwe Poetry Corner: IN UNISON by Boyd Kaimbi Chibale.
Why travel to Zambia? First off, the safaris are awesome! You may also want to see the Victoria Falls, the world’s largest water fall on the wild Zambezi, Africa’s fourth largest river. How about the teeming wildlife in pristine wilderness and 749 recorded bird species? There’s also the endemic lechwe antelopes, the rare shoebill stork, the only reservoir of Thornicroft giraffes, and the big five (lion, leopard, buffalo, hippo and elephant) in the national parks.
In a quiet corner of Kitwe Little Theatre, one by one they stood up to recite their poems. These are members of Poetry Corner which was launched at Kitwe Little Theatre on Friday, 18th June, 2010. Lydia Mhango, the Co-ordinator of the group explained that Poetry Corner aims to encourage poetry writing and reading in Kitwe.
Although the match started so well for Nigeria, by the end of it they lay bottom of Group B, requiring favours from their opponents in order to qualify for the last 16 after a 2-1 defeat to Greece in Bloemfontein.
South Africa’s World Cup dream lies on a knife edge after a 3-0 defeat to Uruguay at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium last night.
A historic time is unfolding in South Africa. Zambians are a football loving nation and naturally, all eyes are on…