Poetic Empowerment Workshop

The Poetic Empowerment Workshop, led by Anniwaa Buachie, invites participants to explore poetry as a space for voice, reflection, and connection. Through poetry, gentle movement, discussion, and reflective writing, participants build self-expression, creativity, and confidence in a supportive environment. Sessions include sharing meaningful poems or lyrics, group activities, and writing original work, with a focus on how poetry helps us feel, connect, and grow rather than formal analysis.

Please bring a notebook and pen with you (we will have spares if you forget!)

About Anniwaa: Anniwaa Buachie is an award-winning Ghanaian-British actress, writer, director, and producer whose work centres on storytelling across poetry, theatre, film, television, and audio. Her creative practice explores themes of identity, migration, memory, and the cultural connections between Africa and Great Britain.

Anniwaa stars in the BBC series Phoenix Rise and received an AudioFile Earphones Award for narrating The Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon. Her…