A refined live set combining poetry, voice, storytelling and artistic direction, with an optional three-piece live band, shaped to the room.
Seven fixed-layout editions, including three translations, at The Backdoor Book Store.
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Commercial voice-over, video and public programming that carry the work beyond the page.
Maakomele R. Manaka is a Soweto-born poet, performer, writer, actor, voice artist, producer, cultural worker and artistic director. His work sits between page, stage, voice, memory and public culture.
Through his not-for-profit, Buwa Fela Research Project, Manaka runs a reading, listening and writing programme that uses poetry as a tool for self-esteem among young people, and mentors poets to work professionally beyond writing alone.
He comes from a dynasty of talented, creative and gifted people.
Don MatteraMak Manaka is fresh, candid and innovative.
Sibongile Khumalo
"I was so moved by the story, I thought you actually were that boy on stage — when you called me up, I was confused."
Sasol AGM — the CFO, after an industrial-theatre style MC performance for the leadership"I've never seen people react to poetry like that before." The room was overflowing, and people were crying, some falling, others screaming for him.
A friend visiting from Berlin, on a sold-out performance"I'm so glad we got him... it took him three minutes to do what we'd been struggling with for the past two months."
Joe Public, during a client briefing
