We are pleased to announce a new multimedia platform to showcase Pan-African poets and history, an original idea being developed by the writer, editor, and publisher Kadija Sesay, thanks to support from Arts Council England.
The AfriPoeTree SIV (Selective Interactive Video) will feature over 100 poets from the 19th century to the 21st century, starting with the father of Pan-Africanism, W.E.B. Dubois. They include:
1. Black Arts Movement icon Sonia Sanchez 2. Ugandan born British based Nick Makoha 3. Internationally renowned Natalia Molebatsi 4. Multi-award winning Guyanese writer Fred D’Aguiar
Other poets will be announced throughout 2022. The SIV will offer users a fully interactive experience with poems and poets offered through print, audio and video, as well as interviews and performance.
Sesay has commissioned Yorkshire based digital media and theatre company 2bActing to produce the AfriPoeTree app on their innovative SIV platform. Content will be accessible across all platforms including mobiles, tablets, and desktop computers.
AfriPoeTree SIV will teach, inform, inspire and motivate users to explore modern African history through the lens of poetry in a fun and educational way. The SIV aims to provide a space to promote equality, inclusion, and diversity and be an antidote to negative portrayals of Black art, culture, and history.
Kadija Sesay, AfriPoeTree SIV creator says: “The AfriPoeTree SIV will provide a new fun way to enjoy poetry. There are so many ways that people can interact including 360-degree rooms. The poets can use it to promote themselves and their work, and poetry lovers can enjoy it by finding out about new poets across the globe and new material from favorite poets. Its design is also suitable for educational use from the age of 12 plus.”
AfriPoeTree SIV will be launched in 2022, with events throughout the year with a crowd funder to support further SIV development. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/afripoetree-poetry-black-history-app
I’m supporting Kadija’s fantastic AfriPoeTree Poetry & Black History App. Can you support her too using this link? Any contribution large or small will be hugely appreciated. Thanks!
Source: Ghana Web