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May 8, 2020May 8, 2020

INSIDE #DIgitalPoetryLounge with Zimbabwes Literary Combatant ,Chrispah Munyoro

#CHRISPAH MUNYORO# is one of Zimbabwe’s refined wordsmith. Her pen is brave and and the bold pen spit verses that reflect her mastery of poesy. A literary mason wielding a multi-pronged chisel to carve together beautiful language, reason and meaning to bring forth a poetic wonder. Mesmerizing. We are reminded through Munyoro’s poetic dexterity that every poet is artist. A word weaver and verse-carver. A poet is a gifted word sculptor shaping our lives into generational stories. Over and above edutaining , Munyoro carries doses of resistance, rebelliousness and protest in her DNA. She speaks resistance to rot and corrupt to the core dictatorial powers home and abroad . The imagery abound is depiction of sorry tales and naked truth that usually go untold. CHRISPAH MUNYORO# is the Second Prize Winner of the inaugural #Freedom Poetry Prize curated by the #Brave Voices Press. # Finals were excellently adjudicated by one Poetry Chef / Freedom Voices Poetry Prize Head Judge, #Dr. Michael Dickel from Jerusalem, Israel. #MUNYORO is a regular of the #Zimbabwe We Want Poetry Campaign Projects. Aluta Continua -#WOMAWORDS eDitor.

May 6, 2020May 9, 2020

Conversations Inside #CandidTalkStudio with Iconic Embu County Minister Joan Mwende Kiema Ngunnzi.

#WOMAWORDS LITERARY PRESS is a digital cultural arts space for creative resilience and artistic excellence. It is a platform to exhibit the women of literary arts prowess and revolutionary sister comrades, they defied ugly odds of barbarism, chauvinism and savagery to positively change their communities, right the wrong perceptions and carry the torchlight to stardom. Today in the #WOMAWORDS CANDID Talk Studio, we host a very important human being, An acclaimed Educationist. A global development strategist. A leader par excellence. An Accomplished of Author of almost all literary, study and educational genres. A Publisher at Large. Thank you, Embu County Minister of Youth and Cultural Affairs #Dr. JOAN MWENDE KIEMA NGUNZI. We are overjoyed to profile dexterity and greatly excited to converse with excellence. Aluta Continua ( Blurb by WOMAWORDS EDitor).

May 5, 2020May 9, 2020

#Melissa Begley brews yet another Poetic refreshment laced with Hard Truth

MELISSA BEGLEY# brews yet another hair-harrowing and nerve shredding poetically packaged hybrid memoirs. The rhythm abound is astounding and head busting. Her verbal bravado is mesmerizing. And this heart- scalding memoir is classic as the paradox and humor become preservatives to enrich this literary brew. Storyteller par excellence. Begley’s memoirs carry harsh realities and shattering experiences from her tender years into her tussling. The heart stabbing sexual abuse to her soft -innocent plum in her tender life by a ravenous and uncouthed biological brother evokes salty tears in the eyes of the reader. Harsh realities. And the writers voice is pregnant with boldness and bravery that defines the iron lioness within her spirit as it carries scars of her tumultuous life ordeal. We have a myriad of torrid, untold stories hidden in the heart caves of many, vulnerable in from dust villages of Nyamapanda to the heart of favelas in South Americas and streets of Chicago. The writer poet chronicler in Melissa Begley traverses with us without much farce. We gasp and choke as we tread along the twists and turns of her mind boggling and traumatic live trends. Melissa Begley is a trailblazing film story. She is her story. Her story unravels the realities and complexities of the ordeals of young girls and women as they groan under the yoke of chauvinism and sexual barbarism. WOMAWORDS is overjoyed to feature such boldness, bravery, wit and dexterity. MELISSA BEGLEYS Writings compliments her role as our #DAUGHTERSOFTHEEARTHPROJECT Fundraising Coordinator. The Project was delayed by the menacing COVID 19 lock downs. We are resuming the # Daughters of the Earth Project in the next two weeks. ALUTA CONTINUA (WOMAWORDS EDITOR-Mbizo Chirasha) *

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

Reading the Camera with Iconic Film Artist #Joyce Mhango-Chavula

Malawi carries talent , creativity and natural wealth in its DNA.The country boasts of amazing people ,mesmerizing dialects , water mass and ever-laughing frogs ,undulating mountainous landscapes. I remember , Mulanje hills. Ambiance abound . Yes , Malawi has its own negatives but today we are talking of #ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE .#WOMAWORDS features an internationally acclaimed , award winning Film Artist #JOYCE MHANGO -CHAVULA , A distinguished Film Arts Artist , an Iconic Performances Arts Leader . She carries in her DNA artistic wealth and creative gems.Her Artistic resume is nerve-raving and mind boggling . A food for thought!. We are greatly humbled and also overjoyed to profile EXCELLENCE to evoke inspiration other women voices . And the profile Exhibition is accompanied Film trailers.*( Blurb by WOMAWORDS Editor,MBIZO CHIRASHA)*ALUTA CONTINUA!

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020

Inside the #HARDTALK Studio with Ambily Omanakuttan.

India. Great -land blessed with abundant rice and unbending spiritual beliefs. Rice is ranked among global staple foods. India .BLESSINGS.Land of plenty .Like other countries or continents, India is also haunted by own political ghosts, economic ailments and social decadence. Every Kingdom on this earth carry its own beautiful and ugly trends. India is not spared. A paradoxical world. #WOMAWORDS LITERARY PRESS is rooted in dialogue among civilizations that we heal this our world, t ripped apart by polarization, social ailments and ravenous pandemic. The our Earth throttled by Sino- phobia, Afrophobia and Xenophobia. WOMAWORDS Editor, #MBIZO CHIRASHA conducted a no holds #HARD TALK conversations with Indian Poet Writer Artist and Social Justice Activist AMBILY OMANAKUTTAN.Their candid discussions are based on today’s societal traumas, human freedoms and social justice. Ambily Omanakuttan is also the #WOMAWORDS Associate/Representative in India. Aluta Continua!

April 22, 2020

Kari Krenn ferments Poetry in digital thickets.

KARI KRENN traverses the literary jungle with a poetic zeal, zeal to cross the Nile, Thames and the even the Gulf of poetry. Kari is voracious reader and a bold pen- slinger. Argentinian Poet Extraordinaire. A well-versed chronicler and a cultural tourist. Writer KRENN is the current Southern America Associate to the WOMAWORDS LITERARY PRESS. An Activist Writer Poet Artist Organizer with her work published widely home and abroad. And graced Cuba, Mozambique, United States of America, Kenya and her Country Argentina. KARI is also dancer, a theatre artist and collects a collage of stunning photographs during her arts culture trips abroad. Poet /Translator KRENN sent us bilingual submission. English and Spanish her mother language. Diversity. WOMAWORDS continue to retrace, trace and archive the footprints of champions of resilience and masons of resistance inside this digital thicket. Amandla! * WOMAWORDS EDITOR*

April 22, 2020

Samuella Conteh chants Revolution!

SAMUELLA JULIA CONTEH* is a writer, poet, dramatist and motivational speaker. Conteh is a member of the Sierra Leone Writers Forum and an active Board Member of PEN-Sierra Leone. Her Writings are featured in several, national and international anthologiesPoet Julia Conteh is involved with many Writers and Poetry Activism platforms notably ,Motivational Strips, Poetry Planet, World Nations Writers' Union (WNWU), Writing for Success, Ink Africa and Poets in Nigeria and has pocketed numerous online writing awards including: Medal of Ambassador de Literature (ADL) - Motivational Strips, Award of World Poetic Star, Award of Mahatma Ghandi, the Order Of Shakespeare (OOS) and the Premio Mundial a la Excellencia Literaria, 2019-2020 - Peru.Writer Conteh is the Contributing Associate of WOMAWORDS LITERARY PRESS in West Africa and a regular Contributor to the BeZine, Arts and Humanities Publication. Samuella Julia Conteh works with the National Human Rights Commission of Sierra- Leone. Her poetry is a weapon of mass instruction . She uses the opportunity in Rights organization to create platforms of expression , human rights and peace activism . Revolutionary in the making . She slings her pen , her creative spear with the zeal to bring back freedom and laughter to the butchered earth of her land.WOMAWORDS LITERARY PRESS embraces all who yearn , seek , call , voice ,speak and write resilience, resistance , hard truth , human rights and positive change*( WOMAWORDS Editor)* ******************************************************************************

April 21, 2020May 6, 2020

Walking Along the Art Path with Iconic Bina Sarkar Ellias,

LIVE LITERATURE CURATOR AND PEN WIELDER* Kolkata International Poetry Festival* Bina Sarkar Ellias (b. 1949) is a poet, fiction writer and art curator. She is also founder-editor-designer-publisher of International Gallerie, the award-winning global arts and ideas journal since 22 years. Her book of selected poems FUSE, was taught at Towson University, Maryland, USA, and has a Chinese edition. Her poems have been translated into French, Greek, Spanish, Arabic and Urdu. Her recent book of ekphrastic poems ‘When Seeing Is Believing’ has just been launched. She has received a Fellowship from the Asia Leadership Fellow Program, Japan, 2007, the Times Group Yami Women Achievers’ Award, Bombay, 2008, and the FICCI/FLO, Calcutta, 2013, Award for Excellence in her work.

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Anjum Wasim Dar , a resilient literary arts activism cadre!

Born in Srinagar (Indian Occupied )Kashmir,Migrant Pakistani.Educated at St Anne's Presentation Convent Rawalpindi. MA in English MA in History ( Ancient Indo-Pak Elective) CPE Cert.of Proficiency in English Cambridge UK. -Dip.TEFL AIOU Open Uni. Islamabad Pakistan.Writing poems articles and stories since 1980.Published Poet.Awarded Poet of Merit Bronze Medal 2000 USA .Worked as Creative Writer Teacher Trainer. Educational Consultant by Profession.Published Poet.Author of 3 Adventure Novels (Series) 7 Times Winner NANOWRIMO 2011- 2019.

April 2, 2020

DAUGHTER OF MAU MAU: A Tribute to Kenyan Struggle Veteran, Virginia Edith Wambui Waiyaki.

Wrong woman! Yes, she got pregnant. Yes, she got released. Yes, she gives birth to a half caste child. BUT! She didn’t hide the facts of her situation. She refused the victimhood visited upon her and she chose to look at the resulting child as a blessing in revealing the rot of the master colonialist against a woman. And long before rape became an NGO affair and laws passed against it, Wambui’s personal experience became the barrier breaker against a vice the world is still grappling with. That was Wambui and the British colonial masters of the day. Did she win when she sued that institution later for its crime? No. But the truth of rape as a tool of war and warring showed its ugly face. Intimidation and dehumanization among women in conflict zones came out. That it’s happening cannot be denied. Lesson.