Spoken-word poets in Cameroon are using their art form to help communities cope with traumas left by the ongoing civil war.

Spoken-word poets in Cameroon use art to denounce civil war, shedding light on the unspoken horrors of conflict.

The civil war has killed an estimated 6,500 people ... committed in English-speaking regions. There, he said, his poems found empathetic audiences and even turned some listeners into advocates ...

Some of the oldest poems are about war. Verses about warfare were carved onto Sumerian tablets that are more than four millennia old. Japanese samurai also wrote poetry about battles, as did Walt ...

In Cameroon, artists are using spoken-word poetry. They are protesting the ongoing violence in English-speaking areas. Separatists are fighting government forces. The civil war has caused many ...

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