Was African Renaissance a rebirth of humanity? Tendai Mwanaka: I am keen on us broadening (funnelling out) the collaborations writing this year. The funnel channels things in. In the process, you don’t lose a lot of the good things. I feel when we only focus on the end product, the poem, we lose the good stuff. But funnelling out means the funnel is a little bigger, thus it accepts more into the poem...we don't just write the poem in this process, we also talk poetry, we create discussions around the poem, and we create the writing process which we might also include in the book with the poem. Amitabh Mitra: Great Idea, Tendai.... And we will indulge in Prose Poetry. We can write a poem on Complex Humanitarian Emergencies, War, Trauma, Child Soldiers and Healing through Poetry. Eliza Mabungu: Child soldiers grab my attention Mandla Mavolwane: How's human trafficking? Ayomide Owoyemi: Migration/brain drain. Humanitarian emergencies Mwanaka: I am thinking we can loop tog