Ian Khama stalker poetess ecstatic over planned Kenya Storymoja festival
What you need to know:
- She added that the presence of world-famous Nigerian author is the best thing that could ever happen to artists at the festival.
GABORONE, Wednesday
Botswana’s notorious poetess, Berry Heart, famed for stalking President Ian Khama, is ecstatic ahead of her visit to Nairobi for the Storymoja Hay Festival in September.
Ms Heart, who is well known for her poem ‘I’ve A Crush On Khama’, is particularly thrilled she will be on the same platform with the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature winner Wole Soyinka. The Nigerian author, poet and playwright will be the guest of honour at the festival.
“Excitement is an understatement; I am going to take pictures and get as much wisdom as I can. I have been reading his books from the time I was at school; we studied some of his books at school,” Ms Heart told the Daily Nation.
She added that the presence of world-famous Nigerian author is the best thing that could ever happen to artists at the festival.
The festival brings together storytellers who use different ways to communicate — books, poems, visual art. It also hosts activities such as debates, concerts, film screenings, lectures and performances. The four-day event runs from September 17 to 24.
