Myesha Jenkins: Poet Of Jazz And Freedom
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Jenkins was many things: a spoken-word performer devoted to jazz and its human rights ethos, a networker and mentor. She shared her knowledge and love even as she suffered from cancer.
Poet, feminist cultural activist and jazzwomxn Myesha Jenkins died on Saturday 5 September. San Francisco-born Myesha had lived in Johannesburg since she moved here from California in 1993. She was not just an observer but an integral part of our jazz scene: her instrument, rather than some machine-made construct of metal, valves and reeds, was the word
Poet, feminist cultural activist and jazzwomxn Myesha Jenkins died on Saturday 5 September. San Francisco-born Myesha had lived in Johannesburg since she moved here from California in 1993. She was not just an observer but an integral part of our jazz scene: her instrument, rather than some machine-made construct of metal, valves and reeds, was the word
