Xabiso Vili

From 21:00 – 21:45 we start with spoken word performances by Banshee and Xabiso Vili. After a short break, we start at 22:00 with stand-up comedy by Atheer Yacoub. Banshee is a multi-award winning human rights defender who uses spoken word poetry and music, to promote creative advocacy. Born in Harare in the year 1999, Banshee delivered her first performance at the House of Hunger Poetry Slam in 2017 and has since represented Zimbabwe on various platforms in both Europe and Africa.

Kirsten van den Hul is director of DutchCulture, the Dutch network and knowledge organisation for international cultural cooperation. Before joining DutchCulture, she worked as an independent consultant through her own company, The Change Agent, working on different transition projects, mainly in the public sector. Previously, she was a member of parliament for the Dutch Labour Party, where she focused on culture, education, gender equality, foreign trade and development.

"You must be joking," he said. "Look around. Think for a moment. It's the middle of the night, not a soul anywhere. In this city, at this time. Not a dog in the gutter. Empty. Except for this elephant - and you're going to tell your idiot friends about it? Why? Do you think they'll understand it? Do you think it will matter to them? You must understand, this is one of those moments. One of those moments you keep to yourself. Something like this - this is yours. It belongs only to you. And me.