The OctoGenarian Tour: Celebrating Poetry that Liberates Community-Building Dialogue.

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Nia Nunn, Lushima Lumumba, and Ketu Oladuwa.

From Ketu Oladuwa:

“Join the celebration of 80 cycles around the sun by getting back to our human rootz with poetry, music, and engagement with artists and their communities.

Poetry is more than words on a page; it’s a catalyst for transformation, a bridge between personal healing and collective liberation. I’m Omowalé-Kétu Oladuwa, a Poet, cultural worker, and lifelong learner. My OctoGenarian Tour celebrates Connection, employing poetry, storytelling, and communal gathering.

Emerging from a journey of survival, resistance, and self-discovery—including five years on death row for a murder I did not commit—I found liberation through poetry in death’s house. My work testifies to the resilience of the hueman spirit, and the power of art to heal and lift consciousness to face our inhibiting traumas, and confront the institutions that threaten to erase us.”