Word, Sound, Power
This open mic poetry is set within a drum circle. Whether you're coming to listen, to drum, to speak, to move, to sing, or rap - you're welcome here.
This gathering invites poets, spoken word artists, and drummers to explore the relationship between the drum, sound and spoken word.
Hosted by Tafadzwa Mbandaka
4pm - 5pm: Caribbean Food + Seduction City Soundsystem
5pm - 7pm: Word, Sound, Power
Featuring:
Ras Happa is a master drummer who specialises in traditional Caribbean and African drum rhythms such as the nyahbinghi, the mento, the kumina, the bruckins as well as their relationship to popular dance rhythms found in contemporary music.
Chantz_Dee - Seduction City Soundsystem (Website)
Joshua Eyakware AKA JAGO XYEN (Pronounced Jar-go Zen) is a conscious lyricist and spoken word artist from South East London. As an artist he believes his role is to use his art to tell stories that uplift and inspire others, and spread messages of peace, love and transformation. He strives to use his art to help the world become a better place, whilst delivering electrifying performances to a wide range of audiences.
Denneil Dunbar is South London writer and poet. Blending classical elements with a contemporary flair Hip-Hop to produce work that is beautiful, meaningful and thought provoking at once. With a focus on narrative, rhythm and introspection, his work invokes questions of self and the world around us.
+ walk in guest performers
You’re welcome to bring your own drums, poems, songs, and provocations.
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Join the exhibition at 198 Gallery, Brixton
11am- 5pm Thursday April 16th - Saturday 18th, 2026
The exhibition brings together paintings, images, video, sound, archive materials and objects tracing more than five years of work across the African continent and the diaspora in the UK exploring themes of ancestry, systems and community practice.