16–21 Octo­ber – facil­i­tat­ing par­tic­i­pa­tion of two Ukrain­ian poets Oksana Kut­senko and Han­na Yapes­ka in Inter­na­tion­al Fes­ti­val “Poet­ry Africa” (Dur­ban) – one of the largest poet­ry fes­ti­vals on the African con­ti­nent.

On Octo­ber 16–21, 2017, two poet­esses from Ukraine Oksana Rosum­na (pseu­do­nym Oksana Kut­senko) and Han­na Yanovs­ka took part in the inter­na­tion­al Poet­ry Africa Fes­ti­val orga­nized by the Cen­ter for the Arts at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Kwa-Zulu Natal in Dur­ban of South Africa. This year the fes­ti­val was orga­nized 22 times in a row, but with facil­i­ta­tion from Ukrain­ian Asso­ci­a­tion of South Africa, Ukraine became its par­tic­i­pant for the first time.
Over­all, 18 poets from dif­fer­ent coun­tries such as South Africa, Nige­ria, Zim­bab­we, Reunion, Spain, Ukraine, the Nether­lands and the Unit­ed States were invit­ed to the event. Par­tic­i­pants per­form in Eng­lish and read poet­ry both in Eng­lish and in nation­al lan­guages.
«Every evening, dur­ing the week we had per­for­mances in the Eliz­a­beth Sned­don the­ater in a hall for 400 seats, that some­times was com­plete­ly filled. In addi­tion to the evening per­for­mances, each of the poets had his own map of per­for­mances in dif­fer­ent audi­ences. In par­tic­u­lar, there were per­for­mances at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Kwa-Zulu Natal at the Depart­ment of Eng­lish Lit­er­a­ture and before the stu­dents of the Isisu­lui stud­ies fac­ul­ty among my events. Also, I  had the priv­i­lege to speak before the stu­dents of the senior school in the sub­urb of Bechet. These events were aimed at moti­vat­ing read­ing and writ­ing of their own works among stu­dents and senior pupils. I also con­sid­ered my mis­sion as a nar­ra­tive about Ukraine and its cul­ture, as most young South Africans do not know where our coun­try is on the map,» — Oksana Rosum­na shared.