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Dwayne Morgan |
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Dwayne Morgan began his career as a spoken word artist in 1993. In 1994, he founded Up From The Roots entertainment, to promote the positive artistic contributions of African Canadian and urban-influenced artists.
Morgan received the African Canadian Achievement Award and the Harry Jerome Award for Excellence in the Arts and is also the winner of three Canadian Urban Music Awards. He was recognized as Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Vancouver, and his contribution to the arts and Canadian society were recognized on the Official Black History Month poster.
Dwayne has published four books, most recently, Le Making of d’un Homme (2009), The Making of A Man (2005), The Man Behind The Mic (2002), Long Overdue (1999), and chapbooks, The Revolution Starts Within (1996), and Straight From The Roots (1995).
Dwayne Morgan was a Festival Reader at the Ontario Writers' Conference 2010.
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