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Lingua Franca Spoken Word Movement Preserve. Promote. Celebrate Lingua Franca was re-birthed as Lingua Franca Spoken Word Movement by Lwanda Sindaphi and Mbongeni Nomkonwana in November 2012.

The goal was to help local artists mold their artistic gifts. The initiative started as a platform for young artists to challenge the dominant narratives that only perpetuate injustices and speak truth to the experiences of young people in the townships. Lingua Franca quickly grew and soon acquired a distinctive artistic vision. Today, Lingua Franca fuses performance poetry (i.e. spoken-word) with

music to create a signature sound that celebrates and preserves indigenous musicality and oral tradition while remaining both relevant and innovative in the production of multidisciplinary and dynamic Afro-futuristic art.

23/05/2023

The compelling Lingua Franca Spoken Word Movement - one of Cape Town’s premier poetry collectives - returns to the Baxter Masambe Theatre.

09/09/2019

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the Open Book Festival for granting us another opportunity to be part of the 2019 programme. It was beautiful, spiritual and safe. Thank you all who came to support us.

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It is with great sadness and regret to formally announce a day before the Naked Word Festival is meant to commence (22-2...
21/05/2019

It is with great sadness and regret to formally announce a day before the Naked Word Festival is meant to commence (22-26 May 2019), that the festival is postponed until further notice. Countless times we have been informed of how important and necessary the festival is, and that led to the delay of this announcement in hopes that we could overcome the administrative and financial challenges we are faced with. The festival will however take place later in the year in a form of a mini festival and build up towards our 5th anniversary in 2020. We acknowledge the inconvenience this will cause to many and we deeply apologise to the poetry and arts community at large.

A Reminder to Save the Date. Brought to you by Lingua Franca Spoken Word Movemnt and the Western Cape Department of the ...
03/04/2019

A Reminder to Save the Date.

Brought to you by Lingua Franca Spoken Word Movemnt and the Western Cape Department of the Premier supported by Bush Radio.




South Africa Are You ready? Save the date.
01/04/2019

South Africa Are You ready? Save the date.






01/04/2019

Are you bored of April Fools' Day jokes and pranks? How is this for some serious consideration...the annual Naked Word Festival Will not be taking place this year due to lack of sponsorship and funding. Find article link below.
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Just Kidding. Check our follow up post at 15:30 for festival dates.

19/03/2019

We would like to thank the Baxter Theatre Centre, Zabalaza Festival and everyone who supported "Ndimthanda Ngesingqala" by Lingua Franca on Saturday 16 March 2019.

Poster with all the details. Pull through. Come through. Buy a ticket for someone who can't afford it. Spread the word. ...
26/02/2019

Poster with all the details. Pull through. Come through. Buy a ticket for someone who can't afford it. Spread the word. Make it trend. Let us raise a generation of young resilient black men.

This poetry performance piece combines both the idea of Ethnography and Disinterment. There is a hegemony of young men w...
23/02/2019

This poetry performance piece combines both the idea of Ethnography and Disinterment. There is a hegemony of young men who are fathers in the economically marginalised spaces and some of them have never met their fathers. They father their children from wounds. We see ourselves as victims of this social norm. We have children and their existence unearths the dormant wound of growing up without our fathers. We have come to realise that our love for them is deeply rooted in the wound of being fatherless for years. Through this performance we would like to explore how fatherlessness affects young Black males from the townships in postcolonial South Africa. using poetry, images and sounds.

Uyakuhlala Usezintliziyweni zethu unaphakade. Daki.
25/01/2019

Uyakuhlala Usezintliziyweni zethu unaphakade. Daki.

Thando Fuze has arrived in the Mother City for the Rep City Exchange by Lingua Franca, Page Ngwenya and Thando Fuze. She...
09/11/2018

Thando Fuze has arrived in the Mother City for the Rep City Exchange by Lingua Franca, Page Ngwenya and Thando Fuze. She is the second recipient of the program following Kwazi Ndlangisa who came to Cape Town during OBF 2018.

Catch Thando at the Book Lounge today during the last 2018 installation of Rioters in Session. 18:00, 80 bucks gets you in.

We are not sure what time it is in Chad or what the latest update is with the slam kodwa we would like to wish this youn...
08/11/2018

We are not sure what time it is in Chad or what the latest update is with the slam kodwa we would like to wish this young man and brave soldier of our country all the best. Bring it home Thuthikani.

Cape Town please don't sleep on this one.Shout out to Ziqu and team for putting this together.
10/10/2018

Cape Town please don't sleep on this one.

Shout out to Ziqu and team for putting this together.




Our MD plans to bring his solo presentations back. Will you help him make it happen? Do the right thing.
05/10/2018

Our MD plans to bring his solo presentations back. Will you help him make it happen? Do the right thing.





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