The Stage Inside My Page
The Stage Inside My Page is a 30minute presentation of naked expressions with a 10minute paper on ‘stage’ and ‘page’ delivered with an impromptu collaboration between a musician from McGregor and myself. The presentation will end with an energetic 20 minute performance of hard-hitting poetry about living, loving and surviving in South Africa.
Maakomele R. Manaka is a Soweto born poet with a strong artistic heritage. Mak, as he is widely known, has published two collections of poetry If Only (self-published, 2003. Edited by Don Mattera), In Time (Geko,2009. Edited by Andrew Miller) and a dub-poetry album titled, “Word Sound Power”. Some of his poems have been translated into Italian and German, and they also have appeared in various lirerary journals and news papers such as Mail & Gurdian, Aerodrome, New Coin, Botsotso, Kotaz, The Chronic, Poetry Potion. Manaka’s energetic poetry has seen him travel the globe, from Soweto to Spain, Cuba, Jamaica, Lesotho, Botswana, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland. He performed at the inauguration of former president Mr. Thabo Mbeki, and was invited to perform for the late Mr. Nelson Mandela. He is The Daimler Chrysler Poet Of The Year 2005 Award nominee. He represented South Africa at the closing ceremony of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Manaka runs creative writing classes in and arround South Africa, he holds a Masters Degree in creative writing.
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