Imani Cezanne
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Imani Cezanne is an American activist and spoken word poet. She is the founding president of President of (Spoken Poetry Expressed by All Kinds).[1]
Biography[]
Cezanne was born and raised in San Diego, California.
Cezanne has been on multiple National Poetry Slam teams including: Da Poetry Lounge,[2] San Diego Slam Team , Elevated!, , The Root Slam, Berkeley Poetry Slam, and Busboys and Poets Beltway[3][4] She was on the 2018 Root Slam team for the 2018 National Poetry Slam.
"Heels"[]
"Heels" was originally filmed by All Def Poetry during her performance of the piece at the Da Poetry Lounge.[5] Later, Cezanne performed the piece again at the Ill List Slam Poetry Invitational in December 2014.[6][7]
"Protest"[]
Cezanne performed "Protest" at the 2015 National Poetry Slam.[8]
"Angry Black Woman"[]
Cezanne performed "Angry Black Woman" at the Da Poetry Lounge in 2015.[8][9]
"Hunger Games"[]
Originally performed at the 2014 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas.[10] It was filmed by Button Poetry and uploaded to YouTube.
Awards[]
- 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam ranked 9th[11][12]
- 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam 2016 Co-champions with Emi Mahmoud[3]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Riley, Ricky (2016-03-28). "Woman Shares Harrowing Story About 'Flying While Black'". Atlanta Black Star. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ "2013 National Poetry Slam finals at the Berklee Performance Center". Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ a b "Congratulations to our Newly Crowned WOWps Co-Champions, Imani Cezanne and Emi Mahmoud! – Poetry Slam Inc". poetryslam.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ "Imani Cezanne | PSi Scores [beta]". scores.poetryslam.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ "How Tall Women in Heels Demolish Misogyny – Everyday Feminism". Everyday Feminism. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ Vagianos, Alanna (2015-01-08). "This Is For Every Tall Girl Who Loves To Wear Heels". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ Cueto, Emma. "For All the Tall Girls Who Love Their Heels". Bustle. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ a b "23 Resistance Poems to Express Your Rage". BOOK RIOT. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ DaPoetryLounge (2015-09-14), Imani Cezanne – Angry Black Woman, retrieved 2018-08-21
- ^ Saul, Isaac (2014-05-09). "Spoken-Word Poet Spears 'Hunger Games' With Her Own Story". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ "Women Of The World Poetry Slam". Citizens Of Culture. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ "Women of the World: Voice Becomes Fire Part II. – Spit Journal". Spit Journal. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- American women poets
- Slam poets
- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century American women writers
- Living people
- People from San Diego