The Poetry Cafe was located at a new venue within the Global Quarter. It moved from the small but intimate Gazebo to a huge tent with a stage at the centre. Though it lost its cosy intimacy it allowed more people to experience the poetry cafe. Unfortunately we were only able to attend one session. There was a contingent from Indonesia which included Dorothea Rosa Herliany
The poetry cafe was also structured differently offering a much bigger stage accommodating more people. It lacked the cosy and intimate setting of the HIVOS Poetry Cafe at the old Gazebo. We only managaed to cover one poetry session which featured ports from Indonesia which included Dorothea Rosa Herliany, Saut Situmorangand and Sylvia Geist from Germany. we were lucky enough to catch Prudence Katomeni Mbofana sing a few tracks. Winner of the the inaugral Shoko Poerty Slam from 2011, Mandisa Mabuthoe from Botswana was also there.
