Rising Black Sea

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  • Dáminí Awoyiga

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Dáminí Awoyiga

Dáminí Awóyígà is a 16-year-old high school student. She is an activist, spoken word poet and Halifax’s Youth Poet Laureate. Dáminí is the founder of Dáminí Creatives and the Afro-Indigenous Book Club, a book club created to encourage young people to read books written by Black and Indigenous authors and to share the realities and experiences of Black and Indigenous Canadians. She is a youth freelance journalist for CBC’s Mainstreet and Vice-Chair of CPA High School’s Black Student Association. Dáminí is a board member of the Nova Scotia Girls Institute for Resource and Learning (NS GIRL), she is also part of the HRM Youth Advisory Council. Dáminí has received multiple awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. As a spoken word poet for over five years, she enjoys writing, singing, and performing poems that bring attention to social justice issues.

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2024-06-26

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2024: Early View

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