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Performing Arts
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"Sundiata's poems moan, soothe, stir, and shake. His strength as teacher/poet . . . confirms that he is the griot of our times."--Vibe
An unflinching paean to the cycles of life, death, and all that lies
between, modern-day poet Sekou Sundiata creates a deeply personal new
work that bears witness to five tumultuous years in his life--kidney failure
and transplant, a near-fatal accident, and his subsequent physical and
spiritual recovery. A lean mix of sound, text, lighting, and video underscores
this evocative and unsentimental look into a time of profound change,
when the artist was "an exile from the self I had come to know," and the
resulting state of unexpected, precious grace. Copresented with the Minnesota
Spoken Word Association.