House Of Talents Exclusive Slams Buea Big Time

By Mbonda Lizzy Noel

For over three days, the city of Buea has witnessed what has been described as one in a kind of festivals as far as arts and culture is concerned.

The third edition of International Festival SLAMeroun Festival took place in Buea from 24th to 26th  June at the French Cultural Centre in Buea.

The event was managed by leading event management firm in Cameroon, House of Talent Exclusive.

According to House Of Talent Exclusive CEO, Elsie Foletia, it was a 3- day event that was done in collaboration with Grand Slam National Association.

Elise Foletia, told The Advocate that, the purpose of the event was to identify how the crisis has affected the artists and what can be done to stabilize them, enable participants to express themselves freely through Slam Poetry and educating the slammers on stage presentation.

Activities included panel discussions With the Regional Delegate of Arts and Culture for the Southwest Region, Internationally acclaimed artists Max Sako Lyonga, Professor Nkwi Walter and Mac Alunge.

The participants were also given the opportunity to do spontaneous Slam with a series of training sessions on Slam stage presentation coordinated by the National Grand Slam team.

According to the Grand Slam National Board President Baana Enono Arnaud, the festival is the biggest international Slam event in Cameroon.

 "SLAMeroun" is a combination of the word Slam and Cameroon, this initiative facilitates artistic exchanges between slammers from elsewhere and those from Cameroon.

.”The second edition took place last year from September 24 to 27, 2020 with several Cameroonian and foreign artists.


Activities such as Writing Workshops, Exchange Panels, National Slam Poetry Contest and Concerts were part of last year’s event.” Baana Enono Arnaud explained.


Follow Performances  of a few participants


https://www.instagram.com/tv/CQov0fhl08W/?utm_medium=copy_link


https://youtu.be/id56oczuQuM


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