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Ananda Leeke's Interview w/ WUSA9 News Anchor Andrea Roane kiamshaleeke 1,954 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke's interview with WUSA Channel 9 Morning News Anchor Andrea Roane on March 11, 2008 in Washington, DC. During the interview, Leeke discusses the i...
Love's Troubadours @ Mocha Hut - What Does Love Look Like? kiamshaleeke 284 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke read an excerpt from Chapter 42 of her debut novel, Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One that includes a poem that reflects on what the main chara...
Love's Troubadours @ Mocha Hut - Chapter featuring Mocha Hut kiamshaleeke 89 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke read an excerpt from Chapter 44 of her debut novel Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One that features the main character Karma Francois sitting in...
Love's Troubadours @ Mocha Hut - Meaning of Author's Names kiamshaleeke 107 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke as she explains the meaning of her names during the question and answer session at the Mocha Hut book reading on November 18, 2007. Matthew J. Lee...
Love's Troubadours @ Mocha Hut - Karma's Sista7 Sistafriends kiamshaleeke 146 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke read an excerpt from her debut novel, Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One that features the main character Karma Francois discovering a new group...
Love's Troubadours @ Mocha Hut - Giving Thanks kiamshaleeke 86 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke give thanks to some of the folks who helped her during her novel writing process at the Mocha Hut book reading on November 18, 2007. Matthew J. Le...
Love's Troubadours @ Mocha Hut - Lessons that Karma Learns kiamshaleeke 130 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke discuss the lessons that main character Karma Francois learns in Love's Troubadours -Karma: Book One at the Mocha Hut book reading on November 18,...
Love's Troubadours @ Mocha Hut - Author's Writing Process kiamshaleeke 221 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke explain how she prepares to write during the question and answer session at the Mocha Hut book reading on November 18, 2007. Matthew J. Leeke, Pr...
Love's Troubadours @ Mocha Hut - Chapter 1 - Who is Karma? kiamshaleeke 106 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke as she reads an excerpt from Chapter 1 of her debut novel, Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One, that introduces the main character Karma Francois...
Love's Troubadours @ Mocha Hut - The Word - LOVE kiamshaleeke 316 views Watch Author Ananda Leeke share a poem entitled "The Word" at the book signing of her debut novel, Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One held on November 18, 2007, at Mocha ...

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The Love's Troubadours videos feature Author/Artist/Radio Host/Creativity Coach/Yoga Teacher/Reiki Master Practitioner/Social Media Strategist/Life Entrepreneur Ananda Leeke reading excerpts from and/or discussing her debut novel, Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One (iUniverse - August 2007). Visit www.lovestroubadours.com. Contact Ananda Leeke at kiamshaleeke@yahoo.com.

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Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke is a registered yoga teacher, certified Reiki practitioner, artist, writer, creativity coach, radio host, and life entrepreneur. She owns and operates Kiamsha.com, LLC, a company that allows her to share her healing arts gifts. Currently, she works as an artist-in-residence for Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts (www.smithfarm.com) at Howard University Hospital. As an artist-in-residence, Leeke engages patients and medical staff in creative expression, guiding them to tap inherent creative and cultural roots through breathing, relaxation, and reiki healing touch exercises; and a variety of mediums including visual arts, music, storytelling, and creative writing.

Since 1995, Leeke's mixed media collages, wire sculptures, and paintings have been exhibited in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, North Carolina, and Kentucky. The Women's Collective and Howard University Hospital own Leeke's wire sculpture collections dedicated to communities of color living with HIV/AIDS. In 2001, her artwork was featured in Heart and Soul Magazine.

Leeke's debut novel Love's Troubadurs - Karma: Book One is published by iUniverse, Inc. and available on Amazon.com. Her poetry is featured in Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century edited by E. Ethelbert Miller. Leeke has also self-published several books of poetry and women's creativity workbooks. In addition, Leeke has facilitated expressive arts and self-care workshops for women of color living with HIV/AIDS; cancer patients, their caregivers, and health care providers; interfaith communities attending the Washington National Cathedral's women's spirituality conferences; children with unique learning styles; and lay ministers.

Leeke is a graduate of Morgan State University (B.A. in French, 1986), Howard University School of Law (J.D., 1989), and Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation, 1991). Her memberships include the Yoga Alliance, Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington's Business Volunteer Program, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., All Souls Unitarian Church, Insight Meditation Community of Washington's People of Color Sangha, and Results Gym. Leeke lives and plays in Washington, D.C.'s historic U Street neighborhood.

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