About Phavia
Kujichagulia
Phavia Kujichagulia
is a Griot / Djialli (Oral Historian who utilizes
music, poetry and dance to heal and reveal history).
Ms. Kujichagulia dynamically orchestrates African
rhythms, Jazz and pop into a hypnotic rhapsody. Her
performances include the World Drum Festival, National
Black Expo, the John Coltrane Festival and Nelson
Mandela’s 1990 U.S.A. Tour. Between 1990 and 1999,
Ms. Kujichagulia was the cultural director and co-leader
of E.W.Wainwright’s African Roots of Jazz. She now
performs with her latest group MA’AT. Her most recent
CD, THE HUMAN RACE, is available on Kujichagulia Records
and www.theorchard.com.
Phavia Kujichagulia
is founder and Executive Director of A. Wisdom Company
(est. 1986) and Kujichagulia Records. She was the
co-host of “Black Awakening” television program on
SBTV, and hosted “The Semantics of Survival” radio
program in Berkeley, California.
Ms. Kujichagulia was a professor of
Ethnomusicology and African Civilizations at World
College West and Stanford University’s Workshop on
Political and Social Issues. She also taught Creative
Writing and Performance Art at the California Youth
Authority and the California State School for the
Arts at Mills College. For more than 16 years, Phavia
Kujichagulia taught Creative Writing and Performance
Art for the California Department of Corrections at
Folsom, Soledad, Vacaville, Susanville and San Quentin
Prisons.
Phavia Kujichagulia is also a powerful
and dynamic speaker. She lectures and facilitates
seminars/workshops at numerous universities, colleges
conferences and events throughout the USA and abroad.
