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Malaika Salena, Author Representatiive
Phone: 347 2232 3974
Fax: 347 5211 1925
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Norman Alexander Alkamal Jemmo ott, known sim
mply as Alkam
mal, also wowwed the audience,
reading fres sh works fromm his new boo ok Conversattions with my Violent Side (see left). Ghhetto
Get High re eferencing thee trials of living
g in African American
A ghetttos and Stayying Poor, which
reflects the economicallyy challenged garnered thu underous applause from the eager audie ence.
Alkamal als so read his lam ment for victims of domesstic abuse poe em The Mirror Breaks from m his
first book tittled, Recoverry: the lost and found poetrry of Alkamal Soul.
Since 1996, he
h has travele ed across thee country perfforming spoke en word
at various cultural events as the Afrikan
n Liberation Day
D Celebratio on, The
Black L.U.V. Festival, WorrdStock and the
t New Yorkk Internationall
Independent Film and Video Festival at a Madison Sq quare Garden n. He's
also been thee invited guesst speaker at numerous Bla ack History Month
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celebrations, graduation and
a award cerremonies, as well as confe erences
Alkamal Jemmott,
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hosted by the Tavis Smileyy Foundation, The Urban Network,
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Board's NYOu utreach Progrram and Madison Square Boys B & Girls Club.
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His upcomming projects include writin ng his first novvel, "A Slow Turn
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Tomorrow w," a story dettailing the African-America an communityy's response to o the
victims of a gay-bashinng incident. HeH is also in thhe developme ent stages of
establishing his commu unications de evelopment company, Dreaming Makess Sen$e®
and is collaborating witth friends on a health guide for adults. Alkamal Jemmott performance,
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phhoto by Sherman SSwaby
To date, Kwamdela
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1 books of ficction, nonfiction and poetryy, and one musically
dubbed po oetry CD. A former
f New York
Y City Boa ard of Educatio on high schoool teacher of Writing
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and Graphic Arts, Kwa amdela taughtt adolescent offenders
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schools in ocated in the "belly
" of the beast,"
b infamoous, volatile Rikers
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Kwamdela a discussed his
h experience es in this schoool jail with audience mem mbers.
At the eve
ent Kwamdela
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mes, and reca
alled his experriences in the
e NYC
school sysstem docume
ented in his 20
004 release Journey
J Throuugh Jailhousee Jeopardy: A
Good New w York City Teacher
T Ends Up Down in Bad
B Rikers Issland Jail, whiich is a no-ho
olds- Small Bla
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barred account of some the fundam
mental causes for schools spiraling
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control. Also
A discussed was Kwamddela's 2006 re
elease, Mightty Sparrow: Calypso
C King of
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the World
d chronicling the impact of The
T Mighty Sparrow
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ena and Mightty Sparrow's rise
from poorr boy in Trinidad to undispu
uted Calypso King of the World.
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Malaaika Salena assistingg patron, photo by Sh
herman Swaby
For those who are interested in any of the books mentioned, would
w like to arrange
a intervview(s), or bo
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ease contact the
event, ple t 347-232-3 3974.
For more on Makeela B.B Amani and d Alkamal Jem mmott, visit ww
ww.blakhanda
arts.com.
For more on Odimumb ba Kwamdela,, visit www.kib bobooks.com m
Books are
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