Coupe d'Afrique de Slam Poésie-Africa Cup of Slam Poetry

The Africa Cup of Slam Poetry (ACSP) is a pan African event that brings together artistic talent from Africa and globally. ACSP creates synergy, unification in the artistic scene and hence works on a united Africa. Slam Poetry, the celebration of words, has become an important cultural expression in many African countries over the past decade. ACSP promotes Slam Poetry as a uniting force
The African Cup of Slam Poetry (ACSP) is the answer to a real and manifest will of the national federations and associations promoting slam in Africa. Slam is a form of art where poetic texts are declaimed on a background of music or just vocal (acapella). It promotes intellectual and cultural development through exploration and discussion of current societal issues. Recently arrived in the sphere of urban music, it has however established itself rather quickly in the world; many stars of hip hop have converted to slam. Recently, African countries joined the Slam art movement. Several festivals have been created in which many slammers from different countries participated. African slam is programmed on several distinguished music and art festivals and receives awards in Africa as on other continents, both in slam and music categories. Nevertheless there is still a lot to do to develop slam in Africa.
It is based on national competitions whose winning teams will join the African Cup in Ndjamena in November 2018.
The ACSP 2018 is a 5-day event in N'Djamena, Chad, from 5 to 10 November 2018. It consists of a series of concerts, debates, workshops, graffiti, film screenings, slam challenges and various competitions. During the slam competition, the main event of ACSP, the winners of national slam competitions will compete for the continental crown. The organization of this huge event will be in collaboration with the platform, Tchad+, of the International Festival “N’Djam s’enflamme en Slam” . The 4 year experience of this platform is crucial for a good development of this event.