The Daughters of the doorway | Aja Monet | TEDxAshesiUniversity скачать в хорошем качестве

The Daughters of the doorway | Aja Monet | TEDxAshesiUniversity

Aja explores the concept of diaspora feminism and what we can learn from black women who use their art as a form of travel and a way to decolonize their imaginations Aja Monet is a surrealist blues poet, storyteller, and organizer born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, USA. She won the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam poetry award title in 2007 and Aja Monet follows in the long legacy and tradition of poets participating and assembling in social movements. Her first full collection of poems is titled, My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter on Haymarket Books. Her poems explore gender, race, migration, and spirituality. In 2018, she was nominated for an NAACP Literary Award for Poetry and in 2019 was awarded the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award for Poetry for her cultural organizing work in South Florida. Aja Monet cofounded a political home for artists and organizers called, Smoke Signals Studio. She also founded and facilitated “Voices: Poetry for the People.” She is currently working on her next full collection of poems entitled, Florida Water. Aja Monet currently serves as the Artistic Creative Director for V-Day. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx