Chalkboard Slam Competition

5 October 2026

10:00 - 11:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Siyaphumelela

5 October

12:00 - 13:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Official Festival Opening

5 October

18:00 - 20:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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30 Years of the Poetry Africa Festival (Internationsl Poetry Festival)

6 October

10:00 - 10:50
The Loft
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Sustaining The Voice-Longevity In Poetry

6 October

11:00 - 11:50
The Loft
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The Poets Mobility

6 October

12:00 - 12:50
The Loft
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Semi-finals: Slam Jam Competition (Poetry Africa National Slam Competition)

6 October

15:00 - 16:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Every Word a Street, Every Voice a City: 1

6 October

17:00 - 17:50
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Finals: Slam Jam Competition (Poetry Africa National Slam Competition)

6 October

18:00 - 19:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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The Slam Spectrum

7 October

10:00 - 10:50
The Loft
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Book Launch – Fluent in the Language of Burial by Thando Fuze

7 October

11:00 - 11:50
The Loft
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Table of Champions

7 October

12:00 - 12:50
The Loft
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World Poetry Slam Championship – Quarter Finals

7 October

15:00 - 20:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Branding: Creating a professional Artistic Identity

8 October

10:00 - 10:50
The Loft
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Queer Forms, Fluid Narratives

8 October

12:00 - 12:50
The Loft
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World Poetry Slam Championship – Semi-Finals

8 October

15:00 - 17:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Poetry on Screen: Tracing Memory, Identity and Belonging

8 October

17:30 - 18:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Every Word a Street, Every Voice a City: 2

8 October

19:00 - 20:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Even my dreams have dreams

9 October

10:00 - 10:50
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Meet the Festivals

9 October

11:00 - 11:50
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Beyond the Page: Exploring the Future of Technopoetics

9 October

12:00 - 12:50
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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Theatre Production: Water

9 October

15:00 - 16:00
The Loft
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Every Word a Street, Every Voice a City: 3

9 October

16:30 - 17:30
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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World Poetry Slam Championship – Finals

9 October

18:00 - 21:00
The Playhouse-Drama Theatre
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