InspiredWordNYC's video: NYC Spoken Word Legend Ngoma @ The Inspired Word All-Star Showcase Pt 2

http://inspiredwordnyc.com/ NYC Spoken Word Legend Ngoma features @ The Inspired Word All-Star Showcase, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, New York City. Hosted by: Advocate of Wordz. This is the 2nd of 3 parts. Ngoma is a performance poet, multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and paradigm shifter, who for over 40 years has used culture as a tool to raise sociopolitical and spiritual consciousness through work that encourages critical thought. A former member of the SPIRIT HOUSE MOVERS AND PLAYERS with Amiri Baraka and the Contemporary Freedom Song Duo, SERIOUS BIZNESS, Ngoma weaves poetry and song that raises contradictions and searches for a solution for a just and peaceful world. Ngoma was the Prop Slam winner of the 1997 National Poetry Slam Competition in Middletown, CT and was published in AFRICAN VOICES MAGAZINE, LONG SHOT ANTHOLOGY, THE UNDERWOOD REVIEW, SIGNIFYIN' HARLEM REVIEW, BUM RUSH THE PAGE/DEF POETRY JAM ANTHOLOGY,POEMS ON THE ROAD TO PEACE (Volumes 1,2 & 3)-Yale Press and LET LOOSE ON THE WORLD:CELEBRATING AMIRI BARAKA at 75. He was featured in the PBS Spoken Word Documentary, "The Apro-Poets" with Allen Ginsberg,and was recently initiated as a Priest of Ifa in Ibadan,Nigeria. His newest CD-"Lessons from the Book of Osayemi" is available on CDBaby.com,iTunes,Amazon,Bandcamp and here tonight. AND YES - HE TAKES CREDIT CARDS. The Inspired Word is one of the country's hottest open mic/performance series. Produced by longtime journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner, it happens weekly in downtown Manhattan, New York City. Follow The Inspired Word on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC and Instagram @ http://instagram.com/inspiredwordnyc. Video by Mike Geffner. Stay Inspired!