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Anne-Marie Woods: How Black History saved my life
Toronto-based artist Anne-Marie Woods, aka Amani, speaks about her two current plays as well as her journey of self-learning and community outreach through the arts.
The Journey of Anne-Marie Woods aka Amani
Amani is my spoken word performance name and it’s a combination of my birth name Anne-Marie and my company name Imani.
Black Theatre Workshop’s She Said/He Said
Anne-Marie Woods (aka Amani) in her own words, lets her “poetic rhapsodies” in words “bleed onto the page”.
15 Minutes With Playwright Anne-Marie Woods
It’s about the conversations that Black men and women are having, but not necessarily with each other.
Amanda Parris mentions Amani as one of the Black Canadian Playwrights
Anne-Marie Woods is another multihyphenate whose body of work across mediums seems to defy comprehension.
Still Standing: Four the moment legacy honoured
When a quartet of Halifax women began singing together a cappella in the name of social justice in 1982 …
Black loves matter in She Said/He Said
Writer/performer Anne-Marie Woods never dreamt that the blingles she organized over a decade ago would lead to her creating her latest show, She Said/He Said.
Author of the Month: Anne-Marie Woods
Amani is my spoken word performance name and it’s a combination of my birth name Anne-Marie and my company name Imani.
New Montreal play uses spoken word to examine modern love
A new play that combines hip hop culture, music and spoken word performance explores the intersection of modern love and race.
Anne-Marie Woods Returns To Theatre With New Play
Woods’ new play takes a comedic, complex and poetic look at Black Love in Toronto through the eyes of two characters; SHE and HE.
Article written by Ann Marie Collymore 2019
Women are clearly still caught in a web of gender-based disadvantages in the arts and cultural industries in the 21st century.
Amani on the Inspiration Necessary to be a Full-Time Artist
Toronto based, multifaceted poet, singer and author Amani released her Spoken Word CD entitled “Poetree Huggin” …