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Born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1981 and raised in Nairobi, Kenya from the age of 11, Imani has worked as a multidisciplinary artist since 2000. As a performer, teacher, radio presenter, author, producer, recording artist, and model, she began her company, Imani Ink., in 2004. She is the co-founder of the Slam Africa Movement, working to empower African youth through the Spoken Word art form. She is the author and producer of two poetry books and Spoken Word audio albums, Morning Rain (2006) and Pearls (2009).
Woomera has delivered multiple performances and workshops at festivals, schools, and universities throughout the world. Blessed with the ability to move diverse audiences, she works closely with the United Nations Habitat for Humanity, as well as with Africa’s leading underground Hip-Hop arts platform, WAPI. Over the past 10 years, she has had extensive experience working with youth as a mentor and poetry teacher both in and beyond school systems, and has created several platforms for young people to excel on. She has written, directed, and produced three successful youth poetry theater performances including Poetic Identity(2004), Morning Rain (2006), and Internal Imani (2007), as well as numerous one woman shows presenting her own poetic work.
Imani has lit up stages as a featured artist in cities across the globe such as Chicago, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Bangkok, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Salvador da Bahia, and New York City; including the Nuyorican Poets Café where she held featured in 2006. In addition, she has worked as a radio presenter at Nairobi’s top radio station, Capital FM, for over three years, producing and presenting the popular World Groove Show; featuring world music artists.
With youth empowerment and Spoken Word being Imani’s primary life focus, she is currently pursuing a degree in Juvenile Justice while working on her anticipated third book and album, Imani’s Ink. Having propelled the Spoken Word art form in Kenya, Imani works with the Slam Africa community to spread the movement throughout the Continent.
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