This Saturday at e-Ananse
A Weekend of Poetry, Expression & New Voices
This weekend, the city becomes a canvas for words, rhythm, and the echoes of memory. From Saturday, October 4 through Tuesday, October 7, 2025, we invite you into a space where poetry is not just performed but lived — a dialogue between the past, the present, and the voices shaping the future.
We begin this Saturday at 11:00 am with Ancestors, Answer Me, a poetry exhibition that turns remembrance into ritual. And at 11:30 am, the exhibition continues with a conversation on Books with Abena Podcast live at the library. Nana Asaase, Poet and Cultural Practitioner, will be in dialogue about Narratives in Transition: Linguistics, Poetry, and the Reimagination of Ghanaian Expression. Together, they will explore how language both anchors us in tradition and opens possibilities for new forms of identity and storytelling.
As the day settles into evening, the stage belongs to the future. At 5:00 pm, the New Voices Poetry Awards, in partnership with Creatives Project Ghana, will spotlight emerging poets whose words reflect the urgency and brilliance of this generation. Their voices remind us that poetry is not static — it grows, shifts, and reinvents itself with every new tongue that dares to speak.
From invocations to conversations to fresh beginnings, this weekend is a celebration of what poetry has been, what it is, and what it can become.