Imani Cezanne

Imani Cezanne is an American activist and spoken word poet. She is the founding president of President of S.P.E.A.K. (Spoken Poetry Expressed by All Kinds).[1]

Awards

Slam teams

Cezanne has been on multiple National Poetry Slam teams including: Da Poetry Lounge,[5] San Diego Slam Team Oakland Slam Team, Elevated!, Golden State Slam, The Root Slam, Berkeley Poetry Slam, and Busboys and Poets Beltway[4][6]

Note: Berkeley Poetry Slam is now sponsored by Bay Area Creative and can now be found on their website. The previous website references the leadership and source for information for when she was on the team.

She was on the 2018 Root Slam team for the 2018 National Poetry Slam.

Notable performances

"Heels"

"Heels" was originally filmed by All Def Poetry during her performance of the piece at the Da Poetry Lounge.[7] Later, Cezanne performed the piece again at the Ill List Slam Poetry Invitational in December 2014.[8][9]

"Protest"

Cezanne performed "Protest" at the 2015 National Poetry Slam.[10]

"Angry Black Woman"

Cezanne performed "Angry Black Woman" at the Da Poetry Lounge in 2015.[10][11]

"Hunger Games"

Originally performed at the 2014 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas.[12] It was filmed by Button Poetry and uploaded to YouTube.

Early life

Cezanne was born and raised in San Diego, CA.

References
  1. Riley, Ricky (2016-03-28). "Woman Shares Harrowing Story About 'Flying While Black'". Atlanta Black Star. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  2. "Women Of The World Poetry Slam". Citizens Of Culture. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  3. "Women of the World: Voice Becomes Fire Part II. - Spit Journal". Spit Journal. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  4. "Congratulations to our Newly Crowned WOWps Co-Champions, Imani Cezanne and Emi Mahmoud! – Poetry Slam Inc". poetryslam.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  5. "2013 National Poetry Slam finals at the Berklee Performance Center". Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  6. "Imani Cezanne | PSi Scores [beta]". scores.poetryslam.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  7. "How Tall Women in Heels Demolish Misogyny - Everyday Feminism". Everyday Feminism. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  8. Vagianos, Alanna (2015-01-08). "This Is For Every Tall Girl Who Loves To Wear Heels". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  9. Cueto, Emma. "For All the Tall Girls Who Love Their Heels". Bustle. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  10. "23 Resistance Poems to Express Your Rage". BOOK RIOT. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  11. DaPoetryLounge (2015-09-14), Imani Cezanne - Angry Black Woman, retrieved 2018-08-21
  12. Saul, Isaac (2014-05-09). "Spoken-Word Poet Spears 'Hunger Games' With Her Own Story". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.