Tanzania, April 6 -- Their poems are raw, sometimes unsettling, speaking truths that Tanzanian traditions often keep whispered. It feels almost taboo. These young women are challenging societal expectations. One poet read about her mother's insistence that she bear children, a role she refuses to accept.

Another shared her painful past with her parents and how her father has changed over time. The poems explored African traditions, reflecting on how women have navigated and survived them.

The Lady Dynamique Network is a project that has united more than 90 women poets from around the world, offering them a platform to write and perform.

"To curate this project and call it a poetry collection arose from the need to bring women together ...