Nikki Giovanni is now with the ancestors, but she’s left us with an everlasting gift of ego-tripping with Black feeling Black talk for eternity. So many people have Nikki moments that shaped them through her words, her presence, her smile, her fierceness. She is a beautiful woman. She is bad. And so are we.
I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal
I cannot be comprehended
except by my permissionI mean . . . I . . . can fly
like a bird in the sky . . .
REMEMBERING NIKKI GIOVANNI: Click to go directly to her tribute.
#NikkiGiovanni, the legendary poet and revolutionary voice of justice, has left this earth, leaving an irreplaceable void. Her words, bold and unapologetic, ignited movements, healed wounds, and inspired generations to rise above oppression. She was a poet of the people,… pic.twitter.com/CdiaioLjZc
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) December 10, 2024
