Sekou Sundiata | |
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| Birth name | Robert Franklin Feaster |
| Born | August 22, 1948 Harlem, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 18, 2007 (aged 58) Valhalla, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writing Professor at New School University |
| Instrument | Spoken Word |
Sekou Sundiata (August 22, 1948 – July 18, 2007) was an African-American poet and performer, as well as a teacher at The New School in New York City. His students include musicians Ani DiFranco and Mike Doughty. His plays include The Circle Unbroken is a Hard Bop, The Mystery of Love, Udu, and The 51st Dream State. He also released several albums, including Longstoryshort and The Blue Oneness of Dreams.[1] The Blue Oneness of Dreams was nominated for a Grammy Award.[2] In 2000 Sundiata received the Creative Capital Performing Arts Award.
His subjects included Jimi Hendrix, Nelson Mandela, and reparations for slavery.
Sundiata was a Sundance Institute Screenwriting Fellow, a Columbia University Revson Fellow, a Master Artist-in-Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, the first Writer-in-Residence at The New School university in New York, and a professor at Eugene Lang College. He was a featured poet on two occasions at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, most recently in 2006.
- ^ Margalit Fox, "Sekou Sundiata Dies at 58; Performer of Text and Sound", The New York Times, July 20, 2007.
- ^ AP via Topix.net "Poet, Performer Sekou Sundiata Dies"[permanent dead link], July 20, 2007.