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15 March 2025

Slam City at Zabalaza Theatre Festival

Let the word begin - with a Slam City Picnic

 
Join us as we kickstart The Zabalaza Theatre Festival at The Baxter Amphitheatre on the 15th of March. You are invited to a sunny day filled with live jazz and poetry from Cape Town’s best artists. Bring your picnic basket and get ready to experience a beautiful marriage of melodies and metaphors nestled in nature.

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19 - 23 March 2025

The Poetry Jam at
Tribe In

Poets Thandiwe Nqanda & Zizipho Bam, along with Curtly Masemola on strings and Andrea Davids on percussion. Curated by Zizipho Bam and North North Social Club (NNSC).

26 March 2025

Open Book Youth Festival - Open Mic

We’re closing Youth Fest with a mid-week poetry open mic featuring you and the people’s choir, aBantu chorUS, hosted by myself. Join us as we unpack the theme, ‘WRITING FOR CHANGE,’ through music and poetry. Don’t miss it!

Free Entry. RSVP below.

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Breaking Bread with Zizipho Bam

When you’re so busy building community for passionate people around you, you forget that it goes both ways. Zizipho Bam – poet, writer, builder – was reminded of that fact when she dropped her critically-acclaimed poetry collection, ‘Sunflowers For My Lovers’. But how did her journey lead her there, and what has kept her going since? - Written by Vuyo Polson

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