Frequently Asked Questions

Wahenga Wapya is a preservation-first poetry archive for creative writers and spoken word artists, built on ASUSA's artist archive infrastructure. Rather than a streaming or social feed, each poet is represented as an archive owner with a curated, permanent public page.

Wahenga Wapya is open to both emerging and established spoken word artists and poets. Reach out through our contact page to start the onboarding process.

Each poet archive supports up to 20 files — recordings up to 12MB each, images up to 2.5MB. The file count is what keeps every archive focused on a poet's strongest work; the size allowance is there so a full-length reading doesn't have to be cut short to fit.

Yes. Every file in a poet's archive can be toggled public or private. Only public files appear on a poet's shareable archive page.

Use the search bar on the homepage to search by poet name, style, genre, or keyword. Each result links to that poet's permanent, shareable archive page.

Monetization is part of the Wahenga Wapya roadmap. In the meantime, every archive page is built to be shared freely so a poet's work — and audience — can grow.