Griots To Emcees is a digital platform for spoken word, culture and performance that explores the past, present and future of Diasporic oral culture.
From ancient storytellers to spoken word artists, rap, dub, slam, lyricism, and performance poetry.
Oral Traditions
Passages And Migrations
Spirituals to Seculars to Folk
Rennaisance
Black Arts Movement
Dub Poetry
Rapso
Hip-Hop & Spoken Rhyme
Spoken Word Revolution
Slam
Theatre, Choreopoetry & Spoken Word
Film, Video & Spoken Word
Oralfuturism
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jessica Care moore
“From the 1st spoken word artist to win at the legendary Apollo in Harlem, to award-winning poet, recording artist, activist, filmmaker, publisher of Moore Black Press, founder of Black Women Rock and Detroit’s Poet Laureate. A leading voice of in the Spoken Word revolution.”
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Shahaddah Jack
Toronto’s first Youth Poet Laureate, Shahaddah’s voice is a powerful force in the city’s artistic landscape.
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Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye
Saskatchewan’s Poet Laureate, Peace is an African-Canadian interdisciplinary poet, chorus-poem playwright, and thespian, born in Yorubaland, Nigeria.
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Wakefield Brewster
Calgary’s 6th Poet Laureate, Wakefield Brewster is a professional poet, spoken word artist, educator, producer and literacy advocate.
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Benjamin Zephaniah
Dubbed the “People’s Poet Laureate”, the legacy of the U.K.-born Dub Poet, author and actor remains as a revolutionary and renowned voice.
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