Oni

Oni the Haitian Sensation, voted “ Ottawa’s favourite full time writer/poet” Ottawa Xpress Arts Weekly, is an internationally recognized slam poet, author,and arts educator.

Her book Ghettostocracy was named a "Book of the Year" by the Globe and Mail. An HIV/AIDS activist, Macleans Magazine praised her award-winning poetry workshops on HIV/AIDS saying, “Sex education has never been as fun - nor, possibly, as effective.”

The first Canadian woman to tour the European slam poetry circuit, Oni The Haitian Sensation has performed for audiences in Europe, Australia, Canada and the U.S.

She directed Canada's first National Poetry Slam, the Canadian Spoken Wordlympics. She uses poetry as a way to empower, educate and entertain on subjects not always covered in the mainstream media.

Plus, her CD The Bedside Booty Booty Book is better than Viagra.

MEDIA

Blackplanet.com interview from  New York-soon to go to Esquire and to Essence Magazines :

http://www.blackplanet.com/news/article.html?news_item_id=21579#resultbox_comments_2

Guerilla Magazine

http://www.getguerilla.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=80

Ottawa Xpress- Cover Story :

http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/books/books.aspx?iIDArticle=11048

Ottawa Sun Cover Story

http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Features/test06/25/4287817-sun.html
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Features/test06/25/4287817-sun.html

My Publisher

http://www.mcgilliganbooks.com/authors/oni.htm

Mariposa Folk Festival last week (With Hawkesley Workman, Susan Agluklark et Gordon Lightfoot)

http://www.mariposafolk.com/signpost.php?dest=artist_detail&id=91&PHPSESSID=85073ed5769705c71a4759ceafef2bf1