ϟ SONIA SANCHEZ ϟ
reads from 'THE BRONX IS NEXT'

with supporting performances by
AJA MONET & ELISABETH SEVERINO FERNANDES

Friday 08.11.2019 - 19h00 - 21h00
Location: Café Congo @ Studio CityGate, Rue de la Petite Île 1A, 1070 Anderlecht
Metro Clémenceau or Midi | Bus 78 Twee Stations / Deux Gares
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Born in 1934 in Alabama, SONIA SANCHEZ is an African-American poet and playwright. A leading figure in the Black women's movement, she is one of the most prominent representatives of the Black Arts Movement in the United States. She is the author of some fifteen collections of poetry and numerous plays. In 1985, she received the American Book Award for her poetry collection "Homegirls and Handgrenades", in 1999 the Langston Hughes Poetry Award for her work as a whole and in 1992-1993, she was awarded the prestigious Pew Fellowships in the Arts. Professor emeritus still in office, lecturer on black culture and literature, women's rights and justice, activist for the International Women's League for Peace and Freedom, Sonia Sanchez now lives in Philadelphia and teaches in various cities on the East Coast of the United States. =|Read more...

AJA MONET is a Caribbean American poet, performer and educator. Her poems are wise, lyrical, and courageous. Aja Monet was awarded the legendary Nuyorican Poet’s Café Grand Slam title and has been internationally recognized for combining her spellbound voice and vivid poetic imagery on stage. In 2018, Aja Monet’s first full collection of poetry, My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. Aja has independently published several chapbooks including Inner-City Chants & Cyborg Cyphers (2014) and The Black Unicorn Sings (2010). Aja Monet currently lives in Little Haiti, Miami where she is co-founder of Smoke Signals Studio, a community collective dedicated to music, art, culture, and community organizing. =|Read more...

ELISABETH SEVERINO FERNANDES aka. Miss Elli is a committed organizer, activist, director, curator and a spoken word artist. Her experience ranges from talent discovery and development to organising and curating events. This troubador is the founder and driving force behind Mama’s Open Mic and Grab The Mic, two projects that were and remain ‘game-changers’ in the Flemish poetry scene. She is consequently programming with a sensitivity towards intersectionality, meaning she creates spaces where women and people of colour get a prominent place. In times where the overall political stance is anti-immigration, this is in itself her act of rebellion.
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