in ghana, the poetry group ehalakasa led by sir black, holds monthly talkparty events (collaborative endeavour with nubuke foundation and/ national theatre of ghana) and special events such as the ehalakasa slam festival and end-of-year events. this group has produced spoken-word poets including mutombo da poet, chief moomen, hondred percent, jewel king, faiba bernard, akambo, wordrite, natty ogli, and philipa.