Emfuleni
After two years of a hard national lockdown and with no live events presented by the Centre for Creative Arts during 2020 and in 2021 the 25th edition of Poetry Africa in October 2021 culminated with the Centre for Creative Arts making a small but cautious re-entry into the live performance space at the Playhouse Theatre in Durban where the Centre for Creative Arts brought together a group of women poets “to meet at the river” and to commune with our live theatre spaces again. Emfuleni is a place by the by the river where women traditionally meet and talk, philosophise and make plans. It is a place where women do not have to check what they are saying. There are no formalities and they can share their honest thoughts and engage with each other. Khwezi Becker played host to Lebo Mashile, Siphokazi Jonas, Gcina Mhlope, Mbali Malimela, Siphokazi Jonas, Toni Giselle Stuart and Thando Fuze at the metaphorical river at the Playhouse Theatre. The event was presented by the Centre for Creative in partnership with the Playhouse Theatre and it was funded by Total Energies and the French Institute of South Africa. The event was recorded and edited foe the Time of the Writer festival by S’bo Cele.