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National Poetry Month w/ Aya De Leon and Zouhair Moussa
April is National poetry month, so we are featuring two poets today who are using their voices to uplift community. Aya de León teaches creative writing in the African American Studies Department at UC Berkeley. She was the 2024-25 poet laureate of the City of Berkeley and is the author of 11 novels. She is also the principal playwright for Fashion vs. Fascism, a political theater project and fashion show to provide political education and inspiration to fight rising authoritarianism, which will premiere in the Bay Area in September 2026. Zouhair Mussa is a Sudanese/Nubian-American writer, spoken word poet, MC, and organizer raised in West Oakland. His art is based on true events and aims at addressing real problems within his community. He uses his art to remember the fallen and dreams of healing the hood and inspire change in his community. Zouhair was a 2019 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post National Poetry Month w/ Aya De Leon and Zouhair Moussa appeared first on KPFA.
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