Tantra-zawadi

Tantra-zawadi, the author of three books of poetry and an international performance poet, has presented to standing room audiences around the world.

She has performed original works off-Broadway including the staged reading of To Face It; and featured at The Badilisha Poetry X-Change Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, Lincoln Center,  The American Museum of Natural History, The Montserrat Poetry Festival, The Daniel Sorano National Theatre in Dakar, Senegal, Never Again Royal Night in the UK, The Great Falls International Word Festival, The Austin International Poetry Festival and the Amsterdam Dance Event, just to name a few.

Tantra-zawadi is a Pushcart Prize nominee for her poem “Girl,” a recipient of the Kings County District Attorney’s Women’s History Month Award, and in 2014, received the highest honor of Pan African Princess.  She has also garnered residences at Smith College with the Senegal-America Project, and as a participant in E|MERGE Interdisciplinary Collaborative Residency. As a mentor for the Girl-Child Network Worldwide (GCN), she is donating a portion of the proceeds from her books to GCN.

Tantra-zawadi performs regularly with The Senegal-America Project, and has featured in several global music compilations, anthologies and publications including Essence Magazine. She is the director of two short documentaries, and her poem and video “Scarlet Waters,” was featured on the Product(RED) video wall to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Works in progress include a new book of poetry “Okay Baby” dedicated to her late father, and the newly released “Word 2 Word” poetry E-book with the Senegal-America Project.  For more about Tantra-zawadi, follow her on-line at www.tantrazawadi.com.

Links:
www.tantrazawadi.com
www.facebook.com/tantra.zawadi
www.traxsource.com/artist/29323/tantra-zawadi
www.pw.org/directory/writers/tantra_zawadi