Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo: The Rise of the Afrocentric

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Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo is a Nigerian-American poet/singer residing in Boston. Winner of “Performance Poet of the Year” and “Slam Poet of the Year” for the 2003 Cambridge Poetry Awards, Iyeoka initially gained national attention in the National Poetry Slam. For the past 5 years she has been a strong member of the Boston Slam Team 2000-2004. As a member of the 2000 Boston Slam Team, she won fourth place overall in the individual competition. She has opened up for numerous artist such as Gil Scot Heron with the Jeff Robinson Trio and most recently Vivian Green performing at Afrocentrics.

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