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Angelyric is a South African born Spoken Word Artist. After being awarded the bronze prize in the Caxton writing competition of 2015 she co-found Johannesburg based, multidisciplinary Art collective PG_13 with its focus being the culmination of poetry and music. She has performed at Port Elizabeth Opera house, Grahamstown Art Festival, Fete De La Musique and together with her band, made it to the finals of the first ever Afropunk Africa battle of the bands. She has performed at the Alliance Francaise of Johannesburg and for Nike South Africa, Angelyric has also been part of the Wicked poetry booth, a German spoken word festival and is currently one of the WORDNSOUND DIGITAL SLAM TOP SIX . She formed part of the top ten finalists for the MusicXWords project by Music In Africa and has been featured on
shows like Vancouver Co-op Radio, PowerFM, KAYAFM, Impulse radio, CLIFF CENTRAL and VOICE OF WITZ. Angelyric aims to release her first ever poetry Anthology called AMAZWI WE SIZWE in 2022. She describes it as the loom that helps her tell a few stories of her people, attempting to rewrite her nation’s fate. She uses words as a tapestry to determine South Africa's fortune. A fortune that learns from the breakdown of social order.