Nikki Giovanni

[GQ Brotha]

I've heard of her before but can't recall under what context but the name definitely rings a bell from my past scholastic undertakings.

 

[orejon4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Giovanni#Virginia_Tech

anyone heard of her before?

another one of those under the radar celebs people don't know about

i didn't until recently, and thought she would be an inspiring figure for people with a penchant for writing

Yeah, she's brilliant. She and Sonia Sanchez were two of the best women poets around. Is she still writing?

 

[dafty pukk]

Amazing woman.
Remember her from way back.

Also reminds me of a song from that old rap group 'Digable Planets'...

Crazy fly whips, baggy jeans and sneakers
Silver hoops and Jeeps, hip-hop in the speakers

The gag rule is bunk, it's like chains on the rump
We help to liberate through this butt-shaking funk

Nikki Giovanni and Maya Flamm
With poems so I tried for the units cause damn

- Digable Planets, Swoon Units