Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world's most well-known African-American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature. She has won numerous awards, including the Langston Hughes Medal, the NAACP Image Award, and has been nominated for a Grammy Award, for her Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. Additionally, she has recently been named as one of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth7 June 1943
CityKnoxville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.
His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached nonviolence.
The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a god to extol, he now has humans like himself; where once he had "he," he now has "she" and "they.
When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being "Homo sapiens" was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious when I try.
Educational progress is a national concern; education is a private one.
Iife/personality must be taken as a total entity. All of your life is all of your life, and no one incident stands alone.
Death is a slave's freedom.
There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter....
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.
I appreciate and enjoy my age.
Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy
Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.