A young poet, Bertha Enam Afi Galley, known as Afi, will represent Ghana in the Togolese capital after Theresa Kufuor, known in literary circles as Twita Lite, represented the country last year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The World Poetry Slam Championship (WPSC) is organized by the World Poetry Slam Organisation (WPSO), with Ghana’s Ehalakasa Movement, founded in 2007, being a founding member. Widely regarded as the “World Cup of Poetry,” the inaugural WPSC event was held in 2022 in Brussels, Belgium.According to Benedict Kojo Quaye, also known as Sir Black, a leading member of the Ehalakasa Movement, Ghana was selected among 10 countries from a field of 22 contesting nations across Africa. The other nine African countries heading to Lomé are Côte d’Ivoire, Algeria, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Guinea, Madagascar, Cameroon, and Morocco.
