We are thrilled to welcome Aafroqween (Fisiwe Zwana Freeman) to our Wednesday series of ten-minute live Zoom readings.

7:30 - 7:40 pm (New York time)

Hosted by Thomas Fucaloro

The readings will be streamed live to our facebook page and you may also register to watch directly on Zoom. Registration for Zoom viewing is available through Eventbrite. Please register before 7:15 pm on the day of the event.

Aafroqween (Fisiwe Zwana Freeman) is a poet, spoken word artist, vocalist, and published author of a collection of poems entitled “lovewords: poetry from a place called love”. She was the Founderand Host of “The Sugar Shack Café Open Mic Showcase” in Harlem NY. Later she became the host for “Hottest Poets Open Mic” at Mocha Lounge, also in Harlem. As a member of the woman-centered Spoken Word-Song and Dance Trio Precious Gift Fisiwe has performed from New York City to Canada. In 2000 Precious Gift (Tantra Zawadi, Iyapiphany and Fisiwe) released their spoken word cd "Selling My Diamonds" at Danny Simmons’ Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn NY. In 2005, Tantra Zawadi and Fisiwe released the joint project Natural-Bring That Poem Home. Fisiwe hosted her own internet radio show “LoveArtLife” on Onthamove Radio from 2007-2011. She has been a poetry workshop facilitator, authored and implemented a writing curriculum for adult learners and served as an educator for at-risk youth and adults with special needs for agencies such as Georgia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Employee Wellness Workshops for the US Department of Veteran Affairs, New York Regional Office and Carpenters Union- Minority Workers Training Program NYC/Brownfields NJ.

She is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of LoveArtLifeTV, an arts & culture space opening on Roku & Internet Streaming TV; and the CEO of AafroqweenAuthentic, an African influenced lifestyle brand. She is excitedly working on the publication of her next collection of poetry, “Sound of My Voice” out of LoveArtLife Publishing.