Seattle Poetry Slam - Queen Sheba

Queen Sheba - Atlanta based Spoken-Soul-Hip Rock-Alternative-Word-Genius. Has 3 music videos, 5 albums including the current release Domino Affect available on iTunes and in stores nationwide. Sheba is a 2007-8 Team National Poetry Slam Champion, the reigning Red Bull Word Clash champion, and currently runs Say What?!? a national collegiate performance Word-Shop driven by Red Bull .

Seen in/on: 106 & Park, VH-1, The Apollo, Spoken, Spit! A feature length film about Spoken Word and any bootleg late-night cable station. Performed with/opened for: over 200 colleges and universities, Alicia Keys, Louis Farrakan, Kanye West, The Roots, Floetry, Music Soul Child and 14 gazillion others that probably wont mention her in their bios. Published in: Essence, is a NAACP Image Award Nominee for works in the Anthology Home Girls Make Some Noise, S. Florida University Urban Griot (Gree-O), Portfolio Magazine, The Syracuse University Women in Hip-Hop, National Featured Poet for Rolling Out magazine . Taught/Teaches; in over 100 colleges and universities including Poet in Residence at U of Ill (Urbana) and the London Academy for Urban Development in London England. Key Note Speaker for: 12 Take Back the Night Campus vigils, Domestic Violence, AIDS awareness for young adults and the National Women in Hip-Hop conference. Toured: West Africa, Europe, Cuba, Canada and any coffee house to coliseum in the US . Co-founder of Akoben (Ah-Koe-Been) Intl Music and Poetry Festival. Member of: Face Book!, The Atlanta Poets Union, Mothers Against the War, Fair Trade and National Association for Women. She currently runs several poetry slams and readings in Atlanta, GA. Favorite Food Group: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice-cream.

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• queen sheba
• coming out
• lesbian
• black
• woman
• spoken word
• slam
• poetry
• seattle

[Rachellewms]

That was absolutely captivating....This is one FIERCE WOMAN!

[owdowdie71]

FIERCE LADY!!!  FUCKING FIERCE LADY!

[waterbitten]

like, like, love, i need a love button for this poem, YOUTUBE i need a god that moved me button for this poem... Loved it

[caramelskintype09]

Oh my Fucking Goodness, that was the BOMB

[thequeensheba]

Ha! I never saw this! Awesome!! This was such an amazing show! See yall next SPRING!! HAHAHAHA.... You can have all that damn rain and snow! ;-)

[84fscott]

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!