Imani Cezanne


Imani Cezanne uses she/her pronouns. She is an American activist and spoken word poet. She is the founding president of President of S.P.E.A.K..

Awards

Cezanne has been on multiple National Poetry Slam teams including: Da Poetry Lounge,, Oakland Slam Team, Elevated!, Golden State Slam, , , and
Note: Berkeley Poetry Slam is now sponsored by and can now be found on their website. The previous website references the leadership and source for information for when she was on the team.
She was on the 2018 Root Slam team for the 2018 National Poetry Slam.

Notable performances

"Heels"

"Heels" was originally filmed by ] during her performance of the piece at the Da Poetry Lounge. Later, Cezanne performed the piece again at the Ill List Slam Poetry Invitational in December 2014.

"Protest"

Cezanne performed "Protest" at the 2015 National Poetry Slam.

"Angry Black Woman"

Cezanne performed "Angry Black Woman" at the Da Poetry Lounge in 2015.

"Hunger Games"

Originally performed at the 2014 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas. It was filmed by Button Poetry and uploaded to YouTube.

Early life

Cezanne was born and raised in San Diego, CA.