Renowned Poet Highlights International Women’s Day Celebrations in Arusha

As other celebs marked the International Women Day by dedicating goodwill messages to their loved ones and we at Ghafla celebrating “our queens”, one of Kenya’s greatest daughters is miles away in Tanzania marking the day in a special way.

Arusha Poetry Club in conjunction with Alliance Francaise, Njiro – Arusha will tonight host Kenyan Poet, Sitawa Wafula, best known for her use of poetry for advocacy, as the guest act at International Women’s Day celebration this Friday 8th March.

The free event starts at 8pm and will see Sitawa use her poetry to take the audience through her life; rape ordeal and living with mental health disorders, as well as highlight other forms of violence against women and success stories including her own and those of women she has interacted with.

Among the pieces she will perform include Rise up and Dance which was inspired by her participation in this year’s, Vday celebration on February 14th and is in line with this year’s theme.