Go to this link to watch her reading:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTWvuHnqidE
“Poetry is an earth pot that holds powerful words,” writes Nana Nyarko Boateng, “reaching smells, a garland of images, a cocktail of emotions, spirit music.” Boateng is a 22 year old poet attending the University of Ghana where she is studying English and Political Science. She writes, “The centerpiece of our poetic culture is performance, the oratory, the music and involvement of the audience has become less apparent in contemporary Ghanaian poetry; the proverbial “horse tail” seems to be held not in full grips. There is a gap...
