"My raps are a decision, rabble rousing, spiritual, like gospel music. I don’t want to dance. We have so many things to deal with, we need to talk straight up and down."
Tupac Shakur"Radical simply means "grasping things at the root."
Angela Davis’You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.’
Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965(May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong.)
- Chief Dan George
About Me: Mahlikah is Kiswahili for Angel and Awe:ri is Mohawk for Heart.In 1992, Mahlikah Awe:ri made her debut as a Spoken-Word Artist as a member of the Ottawa-Toronto based group The Young Poets of the Revolution. In 1994 she founded three spoken-word collectives,Warriors 4 Revolution, Poetic License, and One Wombmon: Many Voices. From 1993-1995 she was an original artist instructor and mentor for the Fresh Arts Summer Works Program where she met many of the young people who would comprise her performance collectives. While in Fresh Arts she staged her first a choreopoem-stylized full-length play, Black Curse, which ran at the Poor Alex. From 1994-99 she became a fixture at the annual Phemphat Honey Jam Showcases and traveled as a solo spoken-word artist internationally.In 1994, Mahlikah Awe:ri founded her own Arts and Media Education Company, Ancestral Ties 2 De Drum, which speaks through both her African and First Nations bloodlines. In 1997 she became the first oral artist to receive the Chawkers/Frontier Award for Excellence in Writing and Publishing. For 10 years Mahlikah Awe:ri and Ancestral Ties 2 De Drum Artists has provided Cultural Arts programming in partnership with the Royal Conservatory’s Learning and Living Through The Arts Programs.Since 2000 Awe:ri has provided Creative Life Coach Training in the area of Communications, Self-Awareness and Self-Direction and Anti-Oppression & Diversity for the Toronto Centre for Community Learning and Development. In 2003 and 2006 she was a facilitator for the Annual International Learning Through The Arts Conference. In 2003 she also participated in the Cultural Arts Festival for Diversity in Ottawa, as an artist mentor.2007 marked Awe:ri’s return to the stage after returning from community arts touring in Trinidad and Tobago. Awe:ri was featured in the November 2007 issue of City Post Local Hero Column. She is currently a regular poet at Acoustic Soul Tuesday Nights @ Trane Studio and Cloud 9 Entertainment Thursday Night Showcases. She was the featured poet @ Underground Sounds and Auralfixations in 2007, Toronto Poets.com Saturday Night Love Showcase, and Speak Out! Fundraiser in 2008.She holds a B.A.A. in Radio and Television Arts, Bachelors of Education and OTC from York University, and Certifications in Family Literacy, and Interactive Media and Design.Currently Mahlikah is a Creative Coach and Performance Artist working on her debut full spoken word CD with the support of Internationally accalimed musician, songwriter, producer and singer Waleed Kush, documentary film and media arts projects, song writing, and an internet radio show....stay tuned for all truths spoken being poetry in motion.Big shout outs to Pablo. Nyame, Tallawah and Nodin!!Peace Out to La Bomba, Stacia, Lorraine "Songstress Reid", Shaki Zulu, Innocent, Dre "Sage" Bryan, Native Canadian Centre Youth Program, Cyn Leung, Dave and the Chocolate Factory, Victor M, The Empire, Anik, The Elders, Brother Kefensah, Spy, Elaine, Elder Saddleback, Danika, Darlene, Zoe, Waleed, Jeff.K, Dwayne Morgan and Up from the Roots Family....MySpace Layouts - Get This Layout
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