A Conversation with Nikki Giovanni | Black America

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

КОМЕНТАРІ • 48

  • @AdotWilll
    @AdotWilll 15 днів тому +19

    What a prolific, thoughtful, beautifully spirited woman. Well done, Queen Sista. My sincerest condolences to her family and friends. Dr. Giovanni was truly a gift to this world.

  • @tonyajohnson3450
    @tonyajohnson3450 13 днів тому +8

    I love her!!! REST IN POWER QUEEN!! I'm going to start drinking more champagne!!!

  • @CharlesSmithJr-c4f
    @CharlesSmithJr-c4f 12 днів тому +8

    2wo 👆🏾👆🏾 INCREDIBLE women. Of COURSE Ms. Giovanni's career speaks for itself and Ms. Carol Jenkins, former news reporter on NBC in NYC
    Flowers for both
    🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @carolcielle
    @carolcielle 15 днів тому +11

    Sleep in sweet peace, Sis. Nikki! Your sweet spirit, artistic genius, brave activism and heartfelt poetic expression will be sorely missed! 🫶🏽❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️🫶🏽

  • @jacquiriley-j5v
    @jacquiriley-j5v 13 днів тому +4

    Wow, Nikki, Toni and Maya the Masterclass of great American poets to who us the world in a whole different light - They did not know me nor i them personally but their work continue to resonate... may their souls rest in perfect peace.

  • @tejay9416
    @tejay9416 9 місяців тому +7

    Her interest in space and science is awesome ❤❤

  • @LeahTVdotcom
    @LeahTVdotcom 13 днів тому +5

    Wonderful ❤ life , my childhood favorite poet. Leah Tunkara

  • @aquillabennett8223
    @aquillabennett8223 14 днів тому +5

    Gosh Nikki was hilarious and can open my understanding ❤

  • @ifrajmunir1453
    @ifrajmunir1453 13 днів тому +3

    Wow all those childrens' books my grandchildren would loves this. Dr. Giovanni will be missed.

  • @SoniT
    @SoniT 14 днів тому +3

    Rest in peace Nikki Giovanni! What a bright light! I highly recommend her documentary Going to Mars and her conversation with James Baldwin on the Soul! TV program.

  • @idillard
    @idillard 8 днів тому

    This is amazing! I am just still sad about her passing. She will be missed and I think God for all the writings/poems she has left us! Her work is timeless!! I wish white America would listen and take heed! May Nikki rest in power!

  • @OmarAMuhammadThM
    @OmarAMuhammadThM 20 годин тому

    Thank YOU,❤❤❤

  • @Qu888r
    @Qu888r 10 днів тому

    Rest in power thank you for your hard work, you fought the good fight it's time to rest now Bless you ❣️❣️❣️🙏🏾

  • @normanbrown9225
    @normanbrown9225 10 місяців тому +6

    NIKKI Will Always Have A Place in My Heart. I also met her in NYC IN THE 70S❤On BWAY.

    • @anixon651
      @anixon651 7 місяців тому +1

      Awesome! I met her too! In Montgomery, Alabama in the 90's 🥰She's Amazing!!! I love her!!❤

  • @oao1queen
    @oao1queen 15 днів тому +2

    She was a beacon of bright lit light! Thank you for sharing your words and your huge loving heart with the world. I / we love and appreciate everything you did and contributed to the world! Gone but never will be forgotten. Beloved Queen Nikki Giovanni RIP & RWG in Freedom with the Ancestors. 🖤👑🙏🏾📯🎹📯

  • @GrasshopperRDG
    @GrasshopperRDG Рік тому +14

    "WE FIGHT BACK WITH WORDS"
    - *NICKKI* *GIOVANNI*
    ONE POWERFUL🧠&❤
    LADY..."💛"
    BEYOND* INSIGHTFUL❣
    ✍🏽...💯💚*🙏🏼

  • @carlineohamuo5406
    @carlineohamuo5406 11 днів тому

    Many Thanks Dr. Nikki Giovanni for sharing your spirit, gifts and talents. Rest in Peace.❤

  • @mariaarcuri1502
    @mariaarcuri1502 Рік тому +12

    I LOVE Nikki Giovani- her words AND her beautiful spirit! 💞

    • @mariaarcuri1502
      @mariaarcuri1502 Рік тому

      Sorry for the spelling, I DO know how to spell her name- Giovanni 🥴

  • @HannekeErnst-Jan
    @HannekeErnst-Jan 10 місяців тому +2

    Wat een geweldige mevrouw, met zoveel wijze, en ook geestige woorden. En ook met pijn. Het maakt me, als witte man in Nederland, wat nederig...

  • @Barou-q4n
    @Barou-q4n 10 місяців тому +3

    Really love ❤️ this greatest lady

  • @fredericklister4905
    @fredericklister4905 Рік тому +5

    I’m just finding out about her from a video I seen on instagram , her words are powerful . The way she spoke and said things moved me to tears and made me take a deep look within myself and I knew I had some work to do on my self . Thank you Nikki ❤

  • @DLFfitness1
    @DLFfitness1 Рік тому +4

    So much wisdom.

  • @andresdubon2608
    @andresdubon2608 Рік тому +4

    This is beautiful…

  • @HarrisonCruse-y9b
    @HarrisonCruse-y9b 9 місяців тому +12

    My first cousins daughteer was a student at Virgini Tech at the time of that horrible massacre, her life was spared by hiding under a staircae..Today Dr. Ashby is a Medical Doctor saving lives.

    • @lawannahtrailor9640
      @lawannahtrailor9640 12 днів тому

      WOW. So glad she was saved, scared, hidden. What a terrible experience to endure. Thank GOD for her overcoming & SAVING MANY LIFES⚘️

  • @61Wolves-yt4yk
    @61Wolves-yt4yk 6 місяців тому +4

    Love Nikki!!

  • @ReginalBlue-o8x
    @ReginalBlue-o8x 17 днів тому +1

    Speak the truth. Market your talent!! Go NG all love.

  • @mildredbush2598
    @mildredbush2598 7 місяців тому +3

    Iconic ❤

  • @KNileWrites
    @KNileWrites 14 днів тому +2

    ❤🕊️🙏🏾

  • @shawbrothers18
    @shawbrothers18 Рік тому +5

    A gem

  • @tylerlately
    @tylerlately Рік тому +17

    It almost brings me to tears to think of any mass shoot/mass killing. But I cracked up when Nikki started talking about oysters and asteroid mating. 11:34 LOLL

    • @mrluvit8232
      @mrluvit8232 Рік тому

      fully agree!!! 💯
      hope there is life on that asteroid 🦪

    • @Writing1980
      @Writing1980 Рік тому +2

      Gotta love Nikki Giovanni.

  • @NikkimarieRandal
    @NikkimarieRandal Рік тому +4

    I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH NIKKI GIOVANNI BECAUSE I WAS NAMED AFTER HER

  • @stuffdduck
    @stuffdduck 4 місяці тому

    James Baldwin interview brought me here, this woman is amazing 🌻

  • @rochellewarren5008
    @rochellewarren5008 Рік тому

    💜☄️

  • @Quis300
    @Quis300 Рік тому +5

    Can’t even lie 2023 most black women are on a mission to success. As a black Man we are just waking up not gonna lie.

    • @anyawaleofondo
      @anyawaleofondo 9 місяців тому +1

      Silly.

    • @ToughTitty
      @ToughTitty 4 місяці тому

      there are many intellectual men too. Dr. Cornel West, Dr. Gregg Carr, Gerald Horne, Carter Woodson, Frederick Douglass... not just waking up, still waking up like the rest of us.

  • @barbarasmith1110
    @barbarasmith1110 17 днів тому

    God is the standard THe LORD is humanities guide in him there is no confusion

  • @LGibbs-sg8tz
    @LGibbs-sg8tz 6 днів тому

    : )

  • @FinanceAristocracy
    @FinanceAristocracy Рік тому +5

    We are The Children of Israel.

  • @smackedinthejaw
    @smackedinthejaw 7 місяців тому +5

    I never knew that Nikki actually asked for the V-Tech killer to be removed from the campus prior to the horrific massacre.