PAST PROGRAMS & EVENTS
CASCADOO CNVI2017
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Northern Griots in Trinidad and Tobago
http://archives.newsday.co.tt/2017/09/10/mtimas-word-breaks-barriers/
http://archives.newsday.co.tt/2017/09/10/mtimas-word-breaks-barriers/
NGN visits GHANA
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CHALE WOTE 2016
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Inkfluent features V.O.C.A.L. poets @ Nkabom Literary festival
Wed Aug 17th | the Republic Bar , OSU | 8PM
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Canadian Poets at Jamaican Poetry Festival | Aug 14, 2016 | wkshps @ 10am | Shw @ 7pm
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DUB poet and radio personality Mutabaruka will be one of several people honoured at the Jamaica Poetry Festival scheduled for the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in St Andrew, on August 14.
The Rastafarian poet is slated to be the inaugural recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Festival organiser, Yasus Afari said the tribute to the dub poet was a fitting one, due to his contribution to the arts over the years.
“He has been a principal person, not only in this event but he is also very instrumental in Poetry in Motion for the last 13 years. We want to celebrate people who have been consistent in pioneering and developing the arts. He has used his poems to empower and motivate others,” Afari told Jamaica Observer.
Mutabaruka is known for his hard-hitting poems including Every Time I Ear di Sound, Outcry and Swing. In addition to Mutabaruka, the six-year-old festival will also be paying tribute to poet laureate Professor Mervyn Morris, literary canon Kamau Brathwaite, and late author June Jordan.
“The aim is to highlight through the visuals their achievements and impact on the arts over the years,” he said. Afari said poetry, while not as respected as other art forms, continues to play a very vital role in daily activities. “It is critically important to reggae/dancehall and the spoken word. Every song is a poem, really. Poetry is everything to all forms of music. It helps to express our most deepest feelings and proper values and attitudes are dependent on it. It helps us to release our feelings,” he said. “Because it doesn’t have the big appeal, we understand why corporate Jamaica doesn’t give much support, but we are appreciative of whatever sponsorship we receive. Back in the days when we started Poetry in Motion, we didn’t even have a hundred patrons but now we have several hundred ... so we are getting somewhere,” he said. Scheduled to perform at this year’s festival are Morris, Afari, Nabbie Natural, Yeza Rebel, Susie Maine, De Maveric, five Canadian poets, El Jones (poet laureate of Halifax), Ahmed Knowmadic — The Somalian, Scruffmouth (Canadian national footballer), Bro Sankofa Juba and Prufrock Shadowrunner (Canada’s Slam Poetry Champion) who recently represented Canada in France.
By Simone Morgan-Lindo Observer reporter morgans@jamaicaobserver.com
The Rastafarian poet is slated to be the inaugural recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Festival organiser, Yasus Afari said the tribute to the dub poet was a fitting one, due to his contribution to the arts over the years.
“He has been a principal person, not only in this event but he is also very instrumental in Poetry in Motion for the last 13 years. We want to celebrate people who have been consistent in pioneering and developing the arts. He has used his poems to empower and motivate others,” Afari told Jamaica Observer.
Mutabaruka is known for his hard-hitting poems including Every Time I Ear di Sound, Outcry and Swing. In addition to Mutabaruka, the six-year-old festival will also be paying tribute to poet laureate Professor Mervyn Morris, literary canon Kamau Brathwaite, and late author June Jordan.
“The aim is to highlight through the visuals their achievements and impact on the arts over the years,” he said. Afari said poetry, while not as respected as other art forms, continues to play a very vital role in daily activities. “It is critically important to reggae/dancehall and the spoken word. Every song is a poem, really. Poetry is everything to all forms of music. It helps to express our most deepest feelings and proper values and attitudes are dependent on it. It helps us to release our feelings,” he said. “Because it doesn’t have the big appeal, we understand why corporate Jamaica doesn’t give much support, but we are appreciative of whatever sponsorship we receive. Back in the days when we started Poetry in Motion, we didn’t even have a hundred patrons but now we have several hundred ... so we are getting somewhere,” he said. Scheduled to perform at this year’s festival are Morris, Afari, Nabbie Natural, Yeza Rebel, Susie Maine, De Maveric, five Canadian poets, El Jones (poet laureate of Halifax), Ahmed Knowmadic — The Somalian, Scruffmouth (Canadian national footballer), Bro Sankofa Juba and Prufrock Shadowrunner (Canada’s Slam Poetry Champion) who recently represented Canada in France.
By Simone Morgan-Lindo Observer reporter morgans@jamaicaobserver.com
KUUMBA 2016
Northern Griots Network (NGN) are pleased tobe Hosting as part of the this years Kuumba Festival 2016 @ Harbourfront Centre
Black wRites Matter
Black wRites Matter! What does it mean when you're striving to express your Black self through Spoken Word Poetry? Telling the story of one's cultural and racial identities, capturing moments in history, using art as a tool for activism and being unapologetic for not letting your Voice - or truth - be silenced. Come witness the words of some of Canada's best upcoming and established Black Poets, and then spend some time in a candid talk-back decoding the sentiment behind these powerful works of word.
Marilyn Brewer Community Space | Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West |
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Dispatches from Tomorrow feat The Last Poets (original member) Jalal Mansur Nuriddin
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of the Last Poets
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Don't miss Grandfather of Rap, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, in his first spoken word performance in Canada. Nuriddin has recorded with legends of American music, including Jimi Hendrix, and is one of the founders of the influential group The Last Poets. In this landmark performance hosted by BeatBox Poet Eddy DaOriginalOne of the Northern Griots Network, (NGN), Malik Al Nasir, a protégé of Gil Scott-Heron, and opening acts JustJamaal, Yusra Khogali and Ian Keteku. Along side Multi-instrumentalist, Waleed Abdulhamid and friends. Join us to explore the deep connection poetic past and the future of hip-hop.
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Malik Al Nasir : a protégé of Gil Scott-Heron
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Ian Keteku : World Slam Poetry champion 2010
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Yusra Khogali : a daughter of a Sudanese diaspora, a Toronto based community organizer and Poetic activist.
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Hosted by Eddy DaOriginalOne of Northern Griots Network (NGN) , a Beat box Poet | Event/Entertainment Consultant
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