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Sunni Patterson: "Wild Women"
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Com raios em sua língua, Sunni Paterson declama seu poema poderoso, "Wild Women", acompanhada pelos movimentos fascinantes da dançarina Chanice Holmes.
Sunni Patterson - Poet
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage, culture, and traditions of her native town with a spiritual worldview to create powerful music and poetry. Full bio
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage, culture, and traditions of her native town with a spiritual worldview to create powerful music and poetry. Full bio
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They wanted her piecemealed,
papier-mâchéd,
papier-mâchéd,
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Eles a queriam em pedaços de papel machê,
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practically broken,
limp-like and loveless,
limp-like and loveless,
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praticamente destruída,
sem energia e sem amor,
sem energia e sem amor,
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a litany of exaggeration.
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uma ladainha de exagero.
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They wanted her low.
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Eles a queriam baixa.
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And high.
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E alta.
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Flat and wide.
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Plana e larga.
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Filled with all of their empty.
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Cheia de todos os vazios deles.
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They wanted her to be more like them.
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Queriam que ela fosse
mais parecida com eles.
mais parecida com eles.
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Not knowing her conception was immaculate.
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Sem saber que sua concepção era imaculada.
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That she was birthed
in sandalwood-scented river water,
in sandalwood-scented river water,
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Que ela havia nascido em água de rio
com aroma de sândalo,
com aroma de sândalo,
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sweet sapphire honey-touched tongue,
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doce língua de mel e safira,
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she was too much
of a mouthful for the greedy.
of a mouthful for the greedy.
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ela era demais para os gananciosos.
00:45
Just a small amount of her
was more than they could stand.
was more than they could stand.
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Apenas um pouco dela era mais
do que eles podiam suportar.
do que eles podiam suportar.
00:48
Oh, they wanted her bland.
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Ah, eles a queriam branda.
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And barren.
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E estéril.
00:51
Unspirited, un-African, uncultured,
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Desprovida de espírito,
africanidade e cultura,
africanidade e cultura,
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under siege in the streets.
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sob o cerco nas ruas.
Queriam o rosto dela para baixo,
o traseiro para cima,
o traseiro para cima,
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They wanted her face down, ass up,
hands cuffed and ankles strapped.
hands cuffed and ankles strapped.
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as mãos algemadas
e os tornozelos amarrados.
e os tornozelos amarrados.
01:00
They wanted her knowing
she could never want them back.
she could never want them back.
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Queriam que ela soubesse
que nunca poderia querê-los de volta.
que nunca poderia querê-los de volta.
01:03
Oh, they wanted her holy,
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Ah, queriam que ela fosse santa,
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baptized in her divine,
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batizada em seu divino,
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they wanted her secrets,
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queriam seus segredos,
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pearls to swine.
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pérolas aos porcos.
01:10
They wanted to unravel
the mystery of her design.
the mystery of her design.
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Queriam desvendar
o mistério de seu enredo.
o mistério de seu enredo.
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Fascinated by glory,
hypnotized by her kind.
hypnotized by her kind.
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Fascinados pela glória,
hipnotizados por sua espécie.
hipnotizados por sua espécie.
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Oh, they wanted her complete.
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Ah, eles a queriam completa.
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They wanted her whole,
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Queriam sua totalidade,
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though they came fractioned,
half-hearted, half-soul,
half-hearted, half-soul,
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embora eles fossem fracionados,
com metade da alma e do coração,
com metade da alma e do coração,
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with no regards and no knowledge
as to who she really was.
as to who she really was.
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sem consideração nem conhecimento
sobre quem ela era de verdade.
sobre quem ela era de verdade.
01:27
Oh, but if they knew.
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Ah, mas se eles soubessem.
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If they knew her,
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Se eles a conhecessem,
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praise songs would rain
from the clouds of their eyes,
from the clouds of their eyes,
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canções de louvor choveriam
das nuvens de seus olhos,
das nuvens de seus olhos,
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clearing the vision, bathing the heart.
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limpando a visão, banhando o coração.
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They would bow every time they saw her.
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Eles se curvariam toda vez que a vissem.
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Be their best selves when she was around.
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Seriam o melhor de si mesmos
quando ela estivesse por perto.
quando ela estivesse por perto.
01:43
If they knew her,
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Se eles a conhecessem,
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knew she was the glue to their revolution,
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saberiam que ela era a cola
para a revolução deles,
para a revolução deles,
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the life flow of blood
through their veins.
through their veins.
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o fluxo da vida do sangue em suas veias.
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If they knew her,
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Se eles a conhecessem,
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she would know,
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ela saberia,
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she would feel
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ela sentiria
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that her body is more than battlefield.
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que o corpo dela é mais
do que um campo de batalha.
do que um campo de batalha.
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More than bone break and bleeding bigotry.
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Mais do que ossos quebrados
e intolerância sangrenta.
e intolerância sangrenta.
02:03
More than bridge
over your troubled conscience.
over your troubled conscience.
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Mais do que uma ponte
sobre a consciência conturbada.
sobre a consciência conturbada.
02:06
More than used up, walked on,
driven through, shot up.
driven through, shot up.
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Mais do que esgotado,
caminhado, forçado, alvejado.
caminhado, forçado, alvejado.
02:09
More than your "Selma, Lord, Selma"
Edmund Pettus.
Edmund Pettus.
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Mais do que as marchas de Selma
a Montgomery na Ponte Edmund Pettus.
a Montgomery na Ponte Edmund Pettus.
02:13
More than your killer Katrina Danziger.
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Mais que os homicídios na Ponte Danziger,
após o furacão Katrina.
após o furacão Katrina.
02:16
More than your bust them out of Baltimore
"Highway to Nowhere."
"Highway to Nowhere."
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Mais do que a desapropriação em Baltimore
para a "Highway to Nowhere".
para a "Highway to Nowhere".
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If they knew her,
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Se eles a conhecessem,
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she would know.
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ela saberia.
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(Singing)
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(Canto)
02:51
Wild women,
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Mulheres selvagens,
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wild women, they walk with buffalo.
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mulheres selvagens
caminham com búfalos.
caminham com búfalos.
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Have lightning on their tongues,
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Têm raios em suas línguas,
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fly whisks as weapons.
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espanadores como armas.
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Wild women, they walk with machetes.
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Mulheres selvagens andam com facões.
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With wisdom, with grace, with ease.
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Com sabedoria, elegância e serenidade.
03:05
Wild women have hurricanes
in their bellies,
in their bellies,
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Mulheres selvagens
têm furacões em seu ventre,
têm furacões em seu ventre,
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releasing a flood of a lesson.
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que liberam uma torrente de uma lição.
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Oh, wild women, they fly free.
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Ah, mulheres selvagens voam livres.
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Just watch their ways,
how they rip and shred.
how they rip and shred.
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Apenas observe seus caminhos,
como elas rasgam e retalham.
como elas rasgam e retalham.
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Oh, who can understand her,
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Ah, quem consegue entendê-la,
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this winding Niger river of a woman
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este Rio Níger sinuoso de uma mulher
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one who is unafraid to tear away
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que não tem medo de sair
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only to roam and then become the wind.
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apenas para vagar
e depois se tornar o vento.
e depois se tornar o vento.
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She who speaks in gusts and cyclones
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Ela que fala em rajadas e ciclones
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blasting us back to high ground,
high consciousness,
high consciousness,
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nos arremessando de volta à posição
e à consciência superiores,
e à consciência superiores,
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she turns and so does the world.
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ela se vira e o mundo também.
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Feel her spinning,
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Sinta-a girando,
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spanning several lifetimes.
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abrangendo várias vidas.
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Hear her speaking, sparking alarm.
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Ouça-a falando, ativando o alarme.
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See her dancing, summoning the dead,
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Veja-a dançando, invocando os mortos,
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resurrecting new life.
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ressuscitando nova vida.
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Heaven hears her knocking on the door,
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O céu a ouve batendo à porta,
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safely transporting the ones
who call for her assistance.
who call for her assistance.
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transportando com segurança
aqueles que pedem sua ajuda.
aqueles que pedem sua ajuda.
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Wild women, they open
portals to new worlds,
portals to new worlds,
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Mulheres selvagens abrem
portais para novos mundos,
portais para novos mundos,
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new speech, new dreams.
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novos discursos, novos sonhos.
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Oh, dearly beloveds,
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Ah, queridos,
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so dearly departed
from the ways of the guardian,
from the ways of the guardian,
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tão carinhosamente afastados
dos caminhos de quem os guarda,
dos caminhos de quem os guarda,
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beware.
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tomem cuidado.
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For wild women are not to be tamed.
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Porque mulheres selvagens
não devem ser domadas.
não devem ser domadas.
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Only admired.
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Apenas admiradas.
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Just let her in and witness her
set your days ablaze.
set your days ablaze.
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Apenas deixe-a entrar e seja testemunha
de como ela incendeia seus dias.
de como ela incendeia seus dias.
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(Cheers) (Applause)
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(Vivas) (Aplausos)
04:27
Thank you.
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Obrigada.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sunni Patterson - PoetOriginally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage, culture, and traditions of her native town with a spiritual worldview to create powerful music and poetry.
Why you should listen
Emerging from the musical womb that is New Orleans, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage of her native town with an enlightened modern style to create music and poetry that is timeless in its groove. She began her career as a full-time high school teacher, and much of her life since has been devoted to serving as a cultural worker and grassroots activist, using art and poetry to encourage dialogue and healing.
She has been a featured performer at many of the nation's premier spoken-word venues, including HBO's Def Poetry and BET’s Lyric Cafe. She also had the privilege of speaking at the Panafest in Ghana, West Africa and has collaborated with artists and performers, including Hannibal Lokumbe (singing lead vocals for his score, ”King and the Crescent City Moon"), Kalamu Ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez, Wanda Coleman, Amiri Baraka, Mos Def, Eve Ensler, The Last Poets and many more.
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