IBé

About

I like many things. I think a lot and write a little more than most. Does that make me a writer? Why not? What if I don’t have an MFA? Last writing-related class I took was an African American literature class my sophomore year in college. Because I needed an elective. What I did take were a lot of business and information technology courses. I got a degree in that. I have been working in that field ever since.  

My interests and therefore topics I write about span family, human existence and movement. You could say I write about social topics, especially immigration. I think and write a lot about politics. Why not? For better or worse, our lives are wrapped in it. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about growing wise and the impending death that comes at the end of that. I mean, why do we live only to die?

And speaking of the thing I studied and now make my living from, of course I write about technology. I try to ignore it, but A.I. seems to be at the crossroads of these two things I think and write about.

With that said, welcome to my veranda. Im glad you are here. Have a seat. I hope the tea I serve helps bridge the gap between you, me and all people like us. Please do come back and often. 

Official Bio

IBé is an award-winning spoken word poet born and raised in Sierra Leone and Guinea. He’s called Minnesota home for over half of his life. So naturally, of course, he lives in The Middle of the Atlantic. Among others, IBé is the recipient of a Midwestern Voices Award, Jerome/SASE Verve Grant, and a Minnesota Academy Award nominee for Best Spoken Word. He is the contributing writer to the acclaimed collection “Good Time for the Truth” and a member of the Sonoglyph Collective, an eclectic group of poets and musicians spreading a new old vision of music all over Minnesota.

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