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Amiri Baraka |
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Amiri
Baraka was named New Jersey Poet Laureate by the
state Commission on Humanities for the two-year
period 2002 – 2004. His most recent book of
poetry Un Poco Low Coup (I Reed Publishers) was
released last year. He and his wife Amina Baraka
have operated the arts space Kimako’s Blues
People in Newark, New Jersey for fifteen years.
Both work frequently with their Word-Music Ensemble,
Blue Ark: The Word Ship. The Baraka’s most
recent release, The Shani Project, is available
through AmiriBaraka.Com.
Amiri Baraka has performed consistently with musicians,
and is featured on CDs with David Murray, New York
Art Quartet, Hugh Ragin, Archie Shepp/Roswell Rudd
and the rap group The Roots.
Mr. Baraka was inducted into the American Academy
of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also won the James
Weldon Johnson medal for outstanding contribution
to the Arts. Both Amiri Baraka and his wife, Amina,
are long time political activists as well as artists.
As Chairman of Newark’s Committee for Unified
Newark and later the international Congress of Afrikan
Peoples, Amiri Baraka was the leading force in organizing
the historic National Black Political Convention
in Gary, Indiana in 1972.
Program:
Two The Hard Way
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