OUR WORDS: Spoken word from First Nations artists at Adelaide Festival Centre

delaide Festival Centre is celebrating contemporary First Nations poetry with OUR WORDS: Spoken word from First Nations artists - an online initiative running from today until November 26.

OUR WORDS is a collection of eight original poems performed on camera by the poets who wrote them, with new videos shared weekly on a dedicated Facebook event.

Featured poets include South Australians from various local language groups: Dominic Guerrera (Kaurna/Ngarrindjeri), Courtney Hebberman (Ngarrindjeri/Peramangk), Natalie Harkin (Narrungga), Simone Ulalka Tur (Yankunytjatjara) and Mandy Brown (Ngarrindjeri/Peramangk).

They are joined by Queenslanders Faye Rosas Blanch (Yidinyji/Mbabaram) and Alexis West (West Birri Gubba/Wakka Wakka South Sea Islander), along with Barkindji man Steven Pappin from New South Wales.