Sheba

Has benefited from the Virginia Fellowship for Individual Writers due to her highly recommended wor(d)-shops and literary works. A member of the 2007-8 Charlotte National Poetry Slam Championship Team, the reigning Red Bull Word Clash champion, and currently runs “Say What?!?” a national collegiate performance Word-Shop driven by Red Bull. NAACP Image Award Nominee for works in the Anthology Home Girls Make Some Noise, Published In: Essence, Old Dominion University’s 44th St. Poets Journal, S. Florida University Urban Griot, 1st Spoken Word artist cover story for Portfolio Magazine, The Syracuse University Women in Hip-Hop and National Featured Poet for Rolling Out and Creative Loafing, amongst thousands of online journals. Taught/Teaches; in over 200 colleges and universities including Poet in Residence at U of Ill Champaign Urbana and the London Academy for Urban Development. Toured: West Africa, several stints in Europe, Cuba, Canada & coffee house to coliseum in the US. Seen in/on: BBC London, Spit!-A feature length film about Spoken Word, 106 & Park, VH-1, The Apollo, Spoken and several bootleg cable stations.
Key Note Speaker for: 12 Take Back the Night Campus vigils, Domestic Violence, AIDS awareness for young adults and the National Women in Hip-Hop conference

Favorite Food Group: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice-cream.

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