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Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. [1] [2] (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024) was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. One of the world's best-known African-American poets, [2] her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.
Giovanni died Monday in Blacksburg, Virginia at the age of 81. Her wife, Virginia C. Fowler, said she died in a hospital due to complications of… Biden mourns ‘pioneering’ poet Nikki Giovanni
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died Monday in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 81. Giovanni was a prolific writer, activist, educator ...
A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then came the shocking mass shooting at Virginia Tech.
Giovanni was a National Book Award finalist in 1973 for a prose work about her life, “Gemini.” She also received a Grammy nomination for the spoken word album “The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection.” In January 2009, at the request of NPR, she wrote a poem about the incoming president, Barack Obama: "I'll walk the streets. And knock on doors
Nikki Giovanni, the renowned poet who passed away on December 9, 2024, seems to me the best answer to these questions. 2024 was, on social media at least, the year of the yapper.
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project is a 2023 documentary film directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. It explores the life and career of American poet Nikki Giovanni . It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, and was released in a limited release on November 3 by HBO Documentary Films prior to ...
The film explores the five seasons of SOUL! against the backdrop of a swiftly changing political landscape. The film interweaves archival footage with rare performances and interviews from the SOUL! show, contemporary interviews with guests who appeared on SOUL! a Black women-led crew working behind-the-scenes [9] including Harry Belafonte, Nikki Giovanni, The Last Poets, Ashford & Simpson ...