Levi Tafari

Levi Tafari is a crucial, rhythmic, poetic, consciousness raiser and urban griot. Levi works with schools, colleges, universities, theatre, radio and TV.

[Levi Tafari @LeviTafariPoet]

A powerful evening of poetry across the generations. Nuff respect @wowfest 🙏🏾💚💛❤️🙏🏾

[Writing on the Wall @wowfest]

@LeviTafariPoet closing his set with a performance of a @BZephaniah’s poem was a fantastic tribute from one of Liverpool’s finest creatives.

[Levi Tafari @LeviTafariPoet]

It was an honour and pleasure to know and work with mi bredrin Benjamin Zephaniah, Rest In Eternal Power, Benji. 🙏🏾💚💛❤️🇯🇲

[Patrick Graham @BlackOutP_]

Tribute to the People's Poet
https://t.co/JV1VlZNm1Y
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[Levi Tafari @LeviTafariPoet]

It's hard to know that mi good bredrin Benjamin Zephaniah has passed. He was a phenomenonal man who always inspired other. I share some great times over the decades with Benji RIEP bredrin condolences to Benjamin's family and loved ones. RASTAFARI 🙏🏾💚💛❤️🙏🏾🇯🇲

[LHS McFarlane Library @LHSMcFarlane]

Students enjoyed an amazing visit by performance poet @LeviTafariPoet and took part in a poetry workshop afterwards. With thanks to Anne and Ali @Ykids_Charity & @KingsleyandCo_

[St Elizabeth's - Year 5 Class @stelizcp5]

As part of Bootle Literary Festival, Levi Tafari visited our school and entertained us with his poetry 😊👏👍
@LeviTafariPoet @Ykids_Charity

[Baltic Creative CIC @balticcreative]

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! 🖌️✨

Today, we celebrate the magic of words and artistic expression with @levitafaripoet's 'Shape Your Destiny.' This powerful poem reminds us to be true to ourselves and believe we can achieve whatever we want.

#LeviTafari #BalticCreative #ArtforAll

[BBC Merseyside @bbcmerseyside]

It's National Poetry Day
We couldn't let the day go by without one from local poet @LeviTafariPoet
Title "R Liverpool"
For more Poetry - https://t.co/RwU6ba0X6i
#NationalPoetryDay #scouse #liverpool #liverpoolpoems

[Levi Tafari @LeviTafariPoet]

A great night! 💚💛❤️

[Culture Liverpool @CultureLPool]

#EuroLearn | 🗣️"A city of love and laughter, united by music."

Here's a EuroLearn throwback! Commissioned by EMTAS, pupils from @wooltonprimary worked with performance poet @LeviTafariPoet to craft a bespoke poem for Eurovision. 🎵✨

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[Patrick Graham @BlackOutP_]

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[Levi Tafari @LeviTafariPoet]

I am honoured to have a mural painted by artist @PaulCurtisArty it is absolutely fantastic and fully captures my essence. Give thanks to @WindowsProject_ @balticcreative for their involvement to make this possible. Also a massive to the anonymous donor for the poem and the mural

[PAUL CURTIS @PaulCurtisArty]

@LeviTafariPoet unveiling his new #mural at @balticcreative
Levi has made a huge impact to #Liverpool's history & the fight against social & racial injustice through his #poetry. I have loved being part of this project. #levitafari #streetart #baltic #art #artist
@baltictriangle

[Barbara Murray 🌹 @CllrBMurray]

...great outdoor event yesterday...Baltic District on the corner of Jamaica St & Jordan St a fabulous plaque was unveiled to celebrate Levi Tafari and his contribution 2 poetry...so very deserved...👏 @LeviTafariPoet @WindowsProject_ @paulinerowe_
@LivLitCycle #LiverpoolSpeaks

[SIL - Collaborative Education Services @SIL_Ltd]

#ICYMI | Commissioned by EMTAS, @LeviTafariPoet & pupils from @wooltonprimary were invited to perform for King Charles & Queen Camilla.,

The visit marked the twinning of@Lpoolcentlib & the national scientific library in Odessa.

It was both historically significant and moving.

[Writing on the Wall @wowfest]

@Muva_Urf Powerful performance from Liverpool ledgend @LeviTafariPoet with a poem that he wrote for Dorothys family for her funeral . Levi reflects as  the influence Dorothy had on his life and is eternally grateful for her knowledge and inspiration

[Writing on the Wall @wowfest]

@Muva_Urf @LeviTafariPoet @LeviTafariPoet sums up what was felt in the room today about Dorothy. An inspiration and a force for change! Thank you @NML_Muse for commissioning WoW to do the project and for everyone involved in making this such an amazing journey

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Azellia White was the first black woman to earn her pilot’s license in Texas and a trailblazer in the aviation field.

Jones was born in Gonzalez, Texas, on June 3, 1913. Her father was a sharecropper and her mother was a midwife. She attended the local schools, and married her childhood sweetheart, Hulon “Pappy” White in 1936. The couple had one child that was stillborn. They moved from Texas to Tuskegee, Alabama in 1941 where her husband became a mechanic for the Tuskegee Airmen unit.

Later the same year, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and requested a ride with Tuskegee Chief Instructor Charles A. Anderson. Although the Secret Service did not approve, Mrs. Roosevelt flew for over an hour with the instructor, drawing national attention to the unit. White was present at that visit, and was inspired by Mrs. Roosevelt’s interest in flying. She began to train with her husband and his colleagues, and taught herself to fly. She took her maiden flight in a Taylorcraft plane.

The Whites returned to Houston at the end of the war in 1945, and opened an aviation school for African Americans called Sky Ranch Flying Service in 1946 with Ben Stevenson and Elton “Ray” Thomas, two other Tuskegee Airmen. The school served as an airport for the segregated Houston community, providing chartered flights, delivery services, and flying instructions to all interested in learning how to fly. White officially received her pilots license on March 26, 1946 at the age of 32. Flying students would often ask her to take them on flights, and she loved to surprise them with midair stunts. With segregation laws so entrenched on the ground, White often preferred to travel by air, taking her niece with her on local shopping trips. The flying school closed its doors in 1948, after financial restrictions to the GI Bill made operations difficult.

White became a licensed beautician and worked in a department store after the school closed. Her husband died in 1995. Aviation is a field not many African American women were willing to integrate. Fellow Texan Bessie Coleman became the first civilian licensed African American pilot in the world in 1921 when she was licensed in France, and Willa Brown became the first African American woman to receive her pilots license in the United States in 1938.

White was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2018, at the age of 105. The Science Lab at Sterling Aviation High School in Houston, Texas is named in her honor, and she was honored by the Huston Area Urban Guild for her trailblazing efforts. She also received the Trailblazer Award from the Black Pilots of America. White died of natural causes on September 15, 2019. She was 106 years old.

[Levi Tafari @LeviTafariPoet]

It was a pleasure and a honour to officially open Stockton Wood Primary School's library. 💚💛❤️

[Educate Magazine @EducateMag]

Stockton Wood Primary School in Liverpool has needed a new library for a while.

Finally, after a period of fundraising, the school welcomed @LeviTafariPoet to officially open its new library!

https://t.co/YXPQ9yjWKU

[North Liverpool Academy @NorthLivAcademy]

It’s all smiles at Literary Festival ‘23

[North Liverpool Academy @NorthLivAcademy]

Thank you @LeviTafariPoet for kicking off Literary Festival ‘23 in such style!