In 2016, a group of poets from Oakland embarked on a poetic exchange with poets from Accra, Ghana and Abidjan, Cote d\'Ivoire.
Renshi poetry includes the use of the last line of your.
Using the form of Renshi poetry, a Japanese form, also known as linked or chained poems, a door was opened.
The goal of the exchange was to create healing and reconnection between Africans and African Americans who have long been separated due to the calamity of slavery and many current socio-economic factors.
In 2016, a group of poets from Oakland embarked on a poetic exchange with poets from Accra, Ghana and Abidjan, Cote d\'Ivoire