Black Arts Movement poet Sonia Sanchez was the next of my discoveries.
In 2003, when I first started to concentrate more seriously on my writing, I read an interview with Ms. Sanchez in the book Heroism in the New Black Poetry and two years later was fortunate to meet her in person.
In 2005, I volunteered for African Voices Magazine’s Elle Charles Award honouring Sonia Sanchez at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. I worked at the information table selling African Voices magazines and subscriptions. I heard (read more)
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