Some
Performances
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Ngoma
was an invited guest at the week-long Badilisha Poetry X-Change in Capetown,
South Africa, November 22 - 29 2009. The Badilisha! Poetry X-Change
is an ongoing project that celebrates the word through the concept of ‘badilisha’,
a Kiswahili expression denoting change, exchange and transformation. Badilisha!
Poetry X-Change is curated by acclaimed poet Malika Ndlovu and arts manager
Lorelle Viegi. You can share the journey on his Facebook
Notes, view photos
and read the review.
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The Dr. Martin Luther King Day Festival of Evironmental Justice- Yale University,
New Haven,CT '98 to current
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/NYC
The Phyllis Wheatley Awards (QBR The Black Book Review/The Harlem Book
Fair) 2005
Recipients:Gordon Parks and Rosa Guy - Presenters including -Ruby Dee,
Avery Brooks and Haki Madhubuti
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Long Wharf Theatre - "Ghostlight:Poetry For a Dark Stage" series -
2005
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Million Workers March- Washington, D.C, 2004
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Cornelia Street Cafe - NYC
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Louder Arts /Bar 13 - NYC
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Paradigm Shiftin' - Stamford Center for the Arts - Stamford, CT
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House of the Lord Church - Bklyn., NY (Rev. Herbert Daughtry, Pastor)
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The Bowery Poetry Club
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The Brooklyn Moon Cafe-Bklyn, NY
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Mumia 911, NYC
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The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, NYC
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The International African Arts Festival 2000- Bklyn,NY
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The Schomburg Cultural Center, NYC
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The Apollo Theatre, NYC
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Medgar Evers College- Bklyn,NY
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Columbia University, NYC
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Pace University, NYC
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New York University, NYC
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CRECC/"Words Alive Program"- Hartford,CT area Public Schools
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2001 World Scholar Athlete Games- Kingston,RI
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The Downtown Festival-NYC
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The Shanghai Conservatory of Music - Shanghai,Peoples Republic of China
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The International Festival of Arts and Ideas -New Haven, CT '96-'99
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The National Poetry Slam Competitions '95-'97
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Theatre Noire- Paris,France
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Queen Elizabeth Hall, London UK
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The Great Hudson River Clearwater Revival Festival, Croton,NY
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Rock Against Racism- Central Park Bandshell, NYC
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AFL-CIO Solidarity Day 1 & 2, Washington,DC
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1199 Hospital Union Rally- Madison Square Garden, NYC
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Rally for Nuclear Disarmament- Central Park, NYC (for over 1 million people)
'82
Slam
History
As
Slam Master:
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Dr. King's Legacy of Environmental Justice, Family Festival and Poetry
Slam -
'98
to current (The Peabody Museum, Yale Univ.) New Haven,CT
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The Daily Caffe - '95-'97 New Haven,CT
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Dygniti Books - '96- '98 Hamden, CT
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The International Festival of Arts & Ideas -Poetry Slam '96 New Haven,CT
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Verbal Sword Play - The Sugar Shack - Harlem,NYC
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Poetry in Motion Project - Hartford,CT, Public Schools
In
Competition:
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Prop
Slam Winner- National Poetry Slam Competition '97 Middletown,CT
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Connecticut
Slam Team- National Poetry Slam Competition '96 Portland,OR
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Connecticut Slam Team- National Poetry Slam Competition '95 Ann Arbor,MI
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Theatre
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"In White America" @ Virginia State College '64 - Role of Folksinger
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"Junkies Are Full of Shiiii!!!" - Amiri Baraka w/Spirit House Movers and
Players
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"Columbia the Gem of the Ocean"- A. Baraka/SHMP
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"New Ark's A Moverin"- A.Baraka/SHMP
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"Little Ham" (Musical adaptation of Hamlet Jones by Langston Huges)
Karamu Theatre- Cleveland,OH
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"Swamp Dwellers"- Wole Soyinka- Karamu Theatre- Cleveland, OH
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"The River Niger" - Joseph A. Walker - The Barksdale Dinner Theatre, Richmond,
VA
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"The History of the Universe According to Those Who Have to Live It"-
Robbie McCaully & Ed Montgomery- "University of the Streets"- NYC
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"What Was The Relationship of the Lone Ranger to the Means of Production"
- A.Baraka
...Nuyorican
Poets Cafe,NYC
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"Anatomy of a Love Affair"- Deidre Holman - Schomburg Center, NYC
Film
"Torture
of Mothers" - Woodie King - NBTC
"Drive
By" - Jamal Joseph
"Ash
Moon"- Toshikaz Kaneiwa & Shihomi Ueno : Jesus - played by Ngoma
Discography
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"Ngoma:State
of Emergency" is a 2 Disc compilation of poems and music (2008)
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"Ngoma's Private Stash -Yadaki to You (Meditational musik for the dream
time)" (2007)
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"Reflections 1964 - 2006"
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"CounterIntelligence," by kahlil almustafa, October 2004 - Ngoma (Didgeridoo
and Flute)
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"Ngoma's Take Out :Smokin Spoken Word Cuisine w/ Jazz-Funk Fusion" (2004)
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"The Bushwacked Series" (2002)
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"Ancient Future Meditational Musik" (2002)
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"Didgitation"
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"Ngoma - Concert 4 Peace"
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"Ghetto Wars/Part 1 - The Glass Onion" - Messiah Sun - 2000 (Poetry &
Vocals)
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"The Amadou Project- The Price of Freedom is the Truth" - Weldon
Irvine-
2000 (Poetry, Acoustic Violin & Didgeridoo)
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"Blue Magazine & CD 2000" (Poetry & Didgeridoo)
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"Ngoma- Paradigm Shiftin' (ancient--->future)"- Ngoma and selected artists
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Serious Bizness Productions '99(Poetry, Electric Violin, Bamboo Flute,
and Didgeridoo)
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"Serious Bizness: Storm Warning" - Serious Bizness (Ngoma & Jaribu)
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Serious Bizness Productions 89 (Acoustic Guitar & Background Vocals)
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"Serious Bizness: How Many More" - Serious Bizness (Ngoma & Jaribu)
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Folkways Label '85(Acoustic Guitar & Background Vocals)
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"Juju Chapter ll/Nia" - Plunky Nkabinde & Oneness of Juju - Strata
East Label '74 (Poetry & Bells)
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"Echoes of Prayer" - Grachan Moncur lll - Jazz Composers Orchestra Association
- Label. '74 (Violin)
DVD's
"Ngoma:
Alive and In Your Face From NYC (Inner Visions Prods,- Sondjata Olatunji)
Awards
Received
the first "Lifetime Achievement in Poetry Award",
given
by producer/performer Messiah Sun
Art
Installation
EVE
- The Garden of My Subconsciousness by Aisha Belle
Ngoma
-Electric Violin
Danny
Simmons Gallery
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