Sankofa
Juba
Sankofa. Poet. Performer. Educator. Radio
broadcaster. Cultural worker. Sankofa is a Diasporic cultural artist
whose explosive poetry has been stirring audiences from Toronto to Kingston,
Jamaica. Sankofa has presented and curated numerous poetry shows featuring
mainly youth poets. During the International Dub Poetry Festival 2004,
he hosted the Slam Performance and Competition that brought together
some of Toronto's most known spoken word artists. He is convinced that
art, especially poetry, can be used as a tool for personal, social,
cultural, and political transformation. Sankofa is the host of "Urban
Griot" a popular radio show on CHRY radio.