Poetry Slam Africa: 2nd Preliminary

Poetry Slam Africa

Established in 2008 Slam Africa started as a movement to bring poets the much-needed fire to overcome fear and conquer their audience. Poetry Slam Africa has since been the forerunner in providing a platform and recognizing performance poets for their ability to put out conscious works that are stage-worthy and that speak about issues affecting young people in Africa.

Poetry Slam:

A poetry slam is a competition in which poets recite original work. The performances at a poetry slam are judged by a panel of judges, typically five, and or sometimes judged by audience response. The judges usually give each poem a score on a scale of 0?10 (zero being the worst and ten being the best). The highest scores proceed, the lowest scores are dropped and the middle three are kept. The highest score one can receive is a 30 and the lowest one is zero.  

Slam Structure:

The Slam Season consists of 3 Preliminary editions culminating in a grand slam competition at the end of the Season.

Each edition pits 9 pre-qualified poets against each other in 3 elimination rounds scored cumulatively. The top 3 contestants from the final round get an automatic qualification to the Grand Slam at the end of the slam season.  

THE WHEN

2nd Preliminary: 7th September 2024

Grand Slam: 26th January 2025

THE WHERE

2nd Preliminary: German Cultural Centre, Goethe Institut - Nairobi

Grand Slam: TBD