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South African Slam Poetry Analysis

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DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND PRODUCTION STUDIES SOUTH AFRICAN SLAM POETRY http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54f438bbe4b0b0738be7c2f5/t/551963b7e4b057e153fd348b/1427727310771/koleka.jpg?format=1500w STUDENT NAME/S: Kaylyn STUDENT SURNAME/S: Yon STUDENT NUMBER/S: 21516764 DATE: 25 May 2015 ASIGNMENT TOPIC: South African Slam Poetry LECTURER: Stephan Van Dyk SUBJECT: Text Studies (Text Analysis) SUBJECT CODE: TSTD 102 Slam Poetry is “a type of competition where people read their poems.”(Power Poetry ) it is performed all over the world and performers such as Koleka Putuma participates in this. As a drama student I’m captivated by this particular slam poet, reason being , she bases …show more content…

Her writing is a coping mechanism in a society that aims to condition and frame what ails mankind, as unnecessary and trivial.”(Bozza 2014) Koleka has written multiple poems such as camouflage, woman and through the eyes of the public, but the one poem I looked at was “Woman”(Badilisha Poetry X-change ). When looking at this poem I saw that Koleka Putuma as a poet was one that felt strongly about woman’s rights. She herself could’ve been brought up in a household or community, where, woman were undermined and unappreciated. She looked at things that are currently happening in our country or countries today such as woman abuse and HIV/AIDS. She felt or understood what women go through and are still going through. She as a poet expresses the way she feels through her poems. She tries to understand how they are “a masterpiece unfathomable was fashioned and formed beyond conventional norms of society’s”(Badilisha Poetry X-change). Yet she says “You WOMAN Are Phenomenal.”(Badilisha Poetry X-change). The other poem I looked at was “Through The Eyes of The Public” this poem speaks of how the world has created this image of being someone they are not because of people being uneducated, thinking that the bad is good. In both poems she questions the way they look at life i.e. she questions to question their existence. She also speaks about how Christ, “Laying my altar, where the truth falter.”(Badilisha Poetry …show more content…

“Secular Music Sensitive Ears” Grab somebody sexy tell em hey give me everything tonight give me everything tonight For all we know we might not get tomorrow lets do it tonight. Neyo http://badilishapoetry.com/wpcontent/uploads/2014/07/coco-new-417x300.jpg Tie A noose around it Let your inner dirt and grime hang Suspend appliance chords from collars In hopes suicide will be more than just attention seeking Tie A piece of rubber to formalize the corpses appearance When u tired of being A one night this Once off there and oh them Blemished by soul Ties. Sounds sexy doesnt it Like it could be the title of a Marvin Gay number So jam Till every blood cell is

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