Poetry activity
Use the exercises below as a way to consider the themes explored in Afakasi. You might like to work in groups or pairs
to help share ideas with each other.
to help share ideas with each other.
Poetry Activity
Poetry was used as a starting point for expressing the themes and ideas in Afakasi. Use the following starter questions to help you create your own poem about your life.
Once you've written some of your thoughts down, have a go at structuring them into a poem, or spoken word piece. |
Antonia has incorporated poetry into Afakasi. The two poems below were inspired by Antonia's parents. The first about her father was written when Antonia as 16. The poem about her mother was written later in her 20's. Both poems are merged together and presented as part of Afakasi.
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