#BPMC 2.0 BLACK POET MINIATURE CHALLENGE
Wed, Nov 23
|Location is TBD
Curated by Angel C. Dye, our 2022-2023 Shirley Graham du Bois Creative in Residence, the BPMC 2.0 challenged Black and African diasporic poets to compose and submit their original Kwansabas (a form of praise poem created 1n 1995 by Eugene B. Redmond.)
Time & Location
Nov 23, 2022, 12:00 AM – 11:50 PM
Location is TBD
About the event
Curated by Shirley Graham Du Bois Creative in Residence Angel C. Dye, the BPMC 2.0 challenged Black and African diasporic poets to compose and submit their original Kwansabas (a form of praise poem created 1n 1995 by Eugene B. Redmond.)
WHAT IS A KWANSABA?
The Kwansaba (Swahili: “kwan” = first fruit + “saba” = principle), as its name suggests, is an homage to the seven-day Kwanzaa holiday and its seven principles of unity, self-determination, collective work, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. It is made up of seven lines, each with seven words per line, and no words longer than seven letters. Think 7-7-7!
Check out all 31 featured poems below!