B.L.P.S presents "The Aquil Ali Show" feat. Dasan Ahanu

Dasan Ahanu

Christopher Massenburg, better known as Dasan Ahanu, is a community organizer, educator, writer, recording and performance artist. In addition to performing, Dasan has hosted many poetry, jazz, Hip Hop, and cultural arts events across the state. He is one of the founders of Black Poetry Theatre (BPT) where he has been a writer, director, producer, and cast member for their productions. Dasan is a resident artist with the St, Joseph’s Historic Foundation/Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, NC where he has developed poetry and spoken word programming for youth and adults. This programming includes the Jambalaya Soul Slam, a monthly poetry slam series and Jambalaya Soul Academy, a monthly poetry and performance workshop. In addition to coordinating the poetry slam, Dasan has competed regionally and nationally as a founding member and coach of Durham, NC’s own Bull City Slam Team. The team has won two regional championships and achieved a third-place finish nationally. In 2004 Dasan was awarded an Indy Arts Award by Indy Week Magazine for his work in arts and activism. Then in 2015, he was awarded the honor again, the first time in the award's history that has happened. 

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