Aja Monet

Aja Monet
Born Aja Monet Bacquie
(1987-08-21) August 21, 1987
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Website www.ajamonet.com

Aja Monet Bacquie (born August 21, 1987) is an American contemporary poet, writer, lyricist and activist of Cuban-Jamaican descent from Brooklyn, New York. She is known to be the youngest poet to have ever become the Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam Champion at the age of 19 in 2007 and is the last woman to have won this title since.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Verbs On Asphalt – 2007 Nuyorican Grand Slam Champion
  2. ↑ Verbs on Asphalt – The History of Nuyorican Poetry Slam
  3. ↑ Duke University The Chronicle

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.