African Poetry and Performance (Part Two)

Course Description:

As the second part of this course, students will focus on the performance arts, drawing themes of the African environment, values, cultures, and systems. It will look at the different types of poetry performances. This course will focus on the art of performance, exposing the business of stage acts and queue performers into the entrepreneurial system of performance art.

Learning Outcome:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. focus on poetry performance, drawing the themes of the African environment, values, cultures, and systems.
2. be skilled in the art of performance, the flow of stage poetry, stage business, and everything that revolves around the entrepreneurship of arts.
3. nurse the urge to start performance poetry, and hosting literary gatherings like festivals, Open mic, Spoken word poetry concerts, etc.