Jolivette Anderson ’the poet warrior’

About Me

Jolivette Anderson 'the poet warrior' is a theatrically trained performance poet / theatre artist and lecturer. She has opened concerts for Patti LaBelle, Brian McKnight and Jonathan Butler. She has also shared her poetry before legendary speakers and activists including Minister Louis Farrakahn, Rosa Parks, Jeronimo JiJaga Pratt, Chokwe Lumumba, Afeni Shakur and others.Jolivette began performing poetry professionally in 1995 while living in Mississippi. She eventually grew to be the host of Southern Vibes and co-founder of Mississippi Vibes, an open mic poetry set.While hosting Mississippi Vibes Jolivette was active in the community by being founder and DJ for the Mississippi cipher Poetry Radio Show and the Reggae Jam Session on WMPR 90.1 FM, hostess for the EB and Company Jazz and Poetry set at Black Water Coffeehouse, project assistant for the Farish Street Heritage Festival, guest poet for the Arts Alliance of Jackson and Hinds County Tribute to Margaret Walker Alexander, Eudora Welty and Thalia Mara, Narrator for the Mississippi Tourism audio featuring Mrs. Pat Fordice (wife of Governor Fordice), poet working with youth in the Jackson Public Schools through West Jackson Community Development Corporation, organizer for projects at the Smith Robertson Museum, adjunct instructor at Tougaloo College, guest poet at Jackson State University and project coordinator for the Algebra Project and Lanier High School.While at Lanier High School, working for Bob Moses, Jolivette developed the My Mississippi Eyes Migration Project that took high school students on an intellectual, community and national journey to discover the connections between Mississippi and Chicago due to the Great Migration. Students collected stories of Mississippi Migrants to and from Chicago and wrote stories that told of their community's history and culture. The knowledge building component of My Mississippi Eyes is the D. Ciphers Language Migration Curriculum developed by Jolivette to meet the identity concerns of urban black youth in Mississippi and other parts of the world.Jolivette performs solo or with a band, One-woman theatre style, stand-up or concert.Carrying on the traditions of the past while working toward a positive future for African Americans and people of the African Diaspora is evident when Jolivette performs. She speaks of Love, War, God, Revolution and many themes associated with history, culture, race, womanhood, identity and class.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/01/2007
Band Website: www.jolivetteanderson.com
Band Members: Jolivette Anderson (solo), Blackberry Jam Band (with band), Athobob (CD Sales only)
Influences: The Ancestors
Sounds Like: you be the judge
Record Label: She Prophecy Entertainment LLC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Jackson

when i roamed your streets i was fearless a warrior with heart on shoulder i was free tuning in to the greeness of the leaves on your trees the rhythm of the weekly outings that brought me to David,...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 11:48:00 GMT

Is this the Colorline?

THIS WAS MY RESPONSE TO A FORMER HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTER WHO SAID THAT SHE HAS CROSSED THE LINE Would that be the Colorline? It truly amazes me how people refuse to deal with the reality of race in ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:10:00 GMT

A View of Obama from America’s MLK Streets

Hey Folks, I am quoted in this article along with many others. Please take the time to read it and also pick up a copy of Jonathan Tilove's book, Along MLK. Peace, Jolivette http://www.newhouse....
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:18:00 GMT

(Tupac, Vote or die...Ride or die...?) on knowledge of Black culture in the academy

Dear American Studies 601 (Fall 2007), During class on October 25, 2007, Arthur Banton did a presentation on Tricia Roses' 'Black Noise' and during the discussion part of the class a question wa...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:06:00 GMT

Dobets Na Afriki (and for we who love Africa)

It was a busy, beautiful day in Lafayette, Indiana. The breeze seem to speak of transformation. A hint of goodness, peace and joy. I rushed from work to get myself and my 16 month ol...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:12:00 GMT

inspired by Saul Williams (free thoughts)

Black woman talkingBullshit running...walking... stoppingon a dimerevelation time Daddy was a daddy for40 yearsin marriage til death two brothers i gotwith straight backsand zero tolerancefor bullshit...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:39:00 GMT

At the River, I Stand

We Meet At The River We meet at the river, to re - member memory. To hold sacred a part of ourselves that was washed down the Nottoway River in Virginia. It was 7:00 am on July 29, 1997, o...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:33:00 GMT

Energy Exchange

The exchange of energy between people can make or break you. When i looked in the mirror at my body that is 40 pounds heavier since a year ago I saw what people think is the unseen. I saw ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:26:00 GMT

Motherhood is an Art (thanks Nadja and Erykah)

Peace Family, Check my pics page for recent shots of Nadja. We attended the Juneteenth Celebration in Bloomington where she spent the afternoon running in the park and eating a bit of goat and rice. ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:23:00 GMT

I miss Poetry!

Dear Poetry, It has been a long time since we have looked into each other's eyes and felt the comfort we use to experience. I miss the sound of the pen as it would etch out the understanding we ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:22:00 GMT