Zena Edwards

Check the links below see what I've have been incubating. www.goodnewzee.wordpress.com www.zenaedwardsconversations.wordpress.com www.zenaedwards.wordpress.com "Raised in North London, 1970’s Tottenham....mum raising a girl child alone, ’76 heat waves and afropuffs......Music and the Spoken Word has saved me till now and i want to keep having fun, create, laugh, cry, learn and maybe save a few lives in the process. Music and spoken word honoured me with a whole new life....... I’ve been making creative babies for over 15 years now and collaborating with some amazing international artists from South Africa, France, US and some of the dopest UK poetical and musical talent. Hackney born and Tottenham bred, I ventured over the river to the Bug Bar, Souls of Black Folks and Armaghetto to discover my poetic roots in 1998 and its been no looking back ever since. “ One of the most refreshing, ever-developing voices in the UK”- Pure Poetry “Internationally acclaimed - creates her own intricate, mesmerising and unforgettable performance”- Apples And Snakes. “Earmarked as one of the fastest rising constellations in the UK performance poetry scene.” Def Poetry – HBO Feb (2004), Future Sounds of Jazz tour (2004), WOMAD (2004), North Sea Jazz Festival (2003), The Cheltenham Literature Festival (2003), The London Jazz Festival (2003, 2004), Poetry International at the Royal Festival Hall (2002), The Kin Tour – Renaissance One (2003), The URB Hip Hop Festival – Helsinki (2002 and 2003), Jonzi D’s Aeroplane Man (2002and 2003), Palabaras @ Paradiso – Amsterdam (2002, 2003, 2004), The SpitLit Festival (2001 and 2002), Black Magic Woman Festivsal 2002, The Glastonbury Festival 2001, The Zanzibar International Film Festival 2001, The World Expo – Hanover 2000, The MEP International Literature Festival (Amsterdam) 1999.