Articles by: Deborah Johnson

I am a spoken word poet, and I think my work is relevant to narrative change because spoken word poetry thrives on depicting emotions, feelings, situations and then recreating them.

Spoken word poetry can shed light on important matters and awaken your humanity and consciousness to ills in a society but it can also bring hope.

It is in some way an orator’s double-edged sword.

I believe it is art that will change the world because In order to change a people, you must first change their thinking.

02-Feb-2023

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Introduction for Zola and Deb Deb lives in Kaduna, Nigeria. Zola lives in Jozi, South Africa. I live in Mumbai, India. The similarity of our story transcends the differences in our names, our identities, our cities. This is the story that was supposed to define us, our lives, our destinies. The similarity of the stories […]