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Sunday 30 April 2023
Verses Festival of Words
by Sarah Onyango
Congratulations MayaSpoken, the 2023 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Champion and congratulations to all of the poets
Thank you for sharing your work with us and helping to renew the spoken word family.
MayaSpoken is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist, activist, public speaker, healer and educator. She uses the gift of words to share her story, advocate for others and promote safe spaces and practices for healing and self-expression.
At 22 years old, she has given her first Ted Talk and became the author of poetry novel Warriors in Broad Daylight. MayaSpoken is the founder of Tell ‘Em Girl Women’s Spoken Word Showcase and Loud Black Girls, two platforms giving women identifying individuals the space to be themselves loudly and unapologetically. In 2019, she released her first single ”Without You” and is now pursuing her Bachelors Degree.
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Sarah Onyango is a celebrated community leader within the African Canadian community in the national capital region. Award winning Sarah is the Community Outreach Officer with Black History Ottawa, and is renowned as a radio and TV presenter and is much sought after as an MC and public speaker.