On 29 September South African Xabiso Vili was declared winner of the 2022 World Slam Poetry Competition, among 40 slam poets representing nations around the world. Bringing this award home for South Africa, Vili says ‘the sky is not the limit for South ...
, a one-man show and a poetry collection, and co-authored a young adult novella, to name a few of his achievements.
“I’m strategising the ways that poetry can shift the world… I’m imagining the reality that poetry can change our society, starting with healing individuals.”He’s passionate about South African poetry, noting that it operates like a mirror in which other people can see themselves. South Africans are able to find profound healing, insight and understanding through coming together and bearing witness to each other’s stories.
“Xabiso represents a generation of young South African Slam Poets who actively use their voices to advocate for a more just social order,” notes Marlyn Ntsele, managing director at iSupport Creative Business.Vili was also recently selected as the New Generations Featured Poet for thepresented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He will perform from 6 to 16 October in Johannesburg, Durban and online.
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