6. Poetry Slams-Do We
Need Them?
Are Poetry Slams moving today’s Black Poets away from the
Black Power Movement?
7. Poets: Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan
and Alafia Pudim Percussionist: Nilaja
On May 16, 1969 -- Malcolm X's birthday
-- they officially formed The Last
Poets, adopting the name from the work
of South African Little Willie Copaseely,
who declared the era to be the last age
of poets before the complete takeover of
guns.
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