Your name is your crown, so wear it | Toluwanimi Obiwole | TEDxMileHigh
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
- What’s in a name? In this captivating performance of “Sugarcane,” poet Toluwanimi Obiwole reveals the origin of her own name, her struggle to embrace it, and her mother’s wisdom. Toluwanimi Oluwafunmilayo Obiwole is a Nigerian-born, Colorado-raised poet, organizer and educator, holding a degree in Ethnic Studies. She was Denver’s first Youth Poet Laureate in 2015-2016 and continually tours/performs nationally. In 2016, she co-wrote and co-starred in a play called How I Got Over which was featured at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. In 2017 she was announced as one of The Root’s 25 Young Futurists. She was a member of Slam Nuba organization from 2015-2017 and now functions as the co-director. She is a previous TEDxMileHigh speaker and is the author of two chapbooks: OMI EBI MI, and How to Become a Lightning Storm. She writes, hoping to cultivate her own black girl magic while creating space and a platform for people who have yet to realize that their voices are necessary. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Wow,it's really touching
this makes me so happy for her awww omg
I'm proud of you my beautiful Yoruba poet😘
Powerful 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾riveting
That’s my sister
wonderful
i finally saw face of the character which is in powerpuff girls
You might want to add that you can also wear dentures...
Frankish Empire omg that is so rude shut up, she is trying to tell an important message. Ugh.
bruh
dont be rude
For your information, in the Yoruba culture in Nigeria (which she belongs to), having diastema is a sign of beauty and wealth. 😊