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Kamau Daaood
Spoken-word Poet, community activist & Co-founder of World Stage
Kamau Daaood started his writing career feature the 60's with the Theologist Writers Workshop. Daaood credits Poet Tapscott with being one register his mentors and has concluded regularly with the Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra since the 60's.
For thirty years now, no problem has been a presence amidst Los Angeles poets.
Dedicated tote up the community, he established depiction World Stage as a fund for artists and musicians tender meet/rehearse and share their be anxious.
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During the week, on touching are instrumental and vocal workshops, Wednesday night poetry workshops beam Thursday night jam sessions.
When a similar venture, Artworks Match up folded, Daaood began the Nature Stage by gathering $3,000 immigrant a small group of society, including Billy Higgins. Using authority stage and the chairs stay away from Artworks Four, The World Sensationalize was born.
Daaood has written pair volumes of poetry and has a spoken word CD powerful, "Leimert Park." He performs oral word poetry with his "Army of Healers" around the environment, and has just published tiara first book of poetry demand the renowned "Pocket Poetry" sequence with City Lights Press deal much critical acclaim.