World Poetry Movement in Africa called all poets and country national coordinators in the continent to attend WPM Africa’s Virtual Continental Congress to be held on January 21st and 22nd January, 2023.

Fernando Rendón, Gloria Chvatal, Zolani Mkiva, Khalid Rassouni, Ayo Ayoola-Amale, and Ismael Diadié (Round the clock starting top-left)

The Coordinating Committee of The World Poetry Movement appointed four continental directors and a high number of leaders and national committees (106), in the countries where it has deployed its organizational work.

As a national coordinator WPM in Egypt, I believe this congress will be a great chance for poets to present new creative ideas to promote poetry in the daily life which is a priority to support humanity.

Currently the Coordinating Committee (CC) of the World Poetry Movement is orienting its work towards the convocation and realization of virtual continental congresses in Africa (January, 2023), Asia (February, 2023), Europe (March, 2023) and America (April, 2023), with the support of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

These continental events will be preparatory to the first WPM Congress, to be held in Medellín between July 13 and 15, 2023 with a second stage in Caracas between July 17 and 20, 2023 both in person and virtually (due to budgetary limitations), during which a Strategic Plan 2023-2028 will be approved.

WPM Egypt

This congress will be the culmination of our activities in the past one year. Amongst WPM objectives this year is to discuss and structure a new stage of the World Poetry Movement through a redefinition of our objectives and work plans and an organic renewal of leadership and Movement, so that it is able to trigger a deeper action through multiple initiatives of poets in different regions of the world, which gives a more impactful dimension to the relationship of poets and poetry with human society.

The agenda for the two day’s congress will have report of the WPM Coordinating Committee, report of the African Coordination of WPM, greeting from representatives of WPM Europe, Asia, and America, reports of the 24 National Coordinators of WPM Africa, and discussion on the reports.

On 22nd January, the stage will be for proposals, and selection of 15 delegates to the WPM Congress for face-to-face or virtual participation, with translations to be provided during this virtual congress.

The coordinating committee od WPM Rati Saxena (India), Ayo Ayoola-Amale (Ghana), Agneta Falk (United States), Sue Zhu (People's Republic of China), Ataol Behramoglu (Türkiye), Alex Pausides (Cuba), Zolani Mkiva (South Africa), Freddy Ñáñez (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), Ismael Diadié (Mali), Keshab Sigdel (Nepal), Luís Filípe Sarmento (Portugal), Vadim Terekhim (Russia), Khalid Rassouni (Morocco), Oscar Saavedra (Chile), Francis Combes (France), Fernando Rendón (Colombia) as General Coordinator and Gloria Chvatal, president of the Preparatory Committee of the WPM Congress.