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	Podcast:		PlayME
	Episode:		#18 - PlayME - Bonus Episode - Interview with Dwayne Morgan
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:33:18
	Publish Date:		2016-05-11 13:29:18
	Description:		Bonus Episode - Interview with Dwayne Morgan In this bonus episode, we interview the award-winning spoken word artist behind "Grade 8", Dwayne Morgan. Dwayne speaks about becoming a poet, his struggle to overcome being an "extreme introvert", and how the birth of his daughter inspired his play. Dwayne Morgan began his career as a performer in 1993. A year later, he founded Up From The Roots Entertainment, to promote the positive artistic contributions of African Canadian and urban influenced artists. Morgan is host and producer of his TV show, Poetically Speaking, on the AfroGlobal Television Network. In 2014, he received the Renaissance Planet Africa Award for Career Achievement and was acknowledged by the Ontario Black History Society as a Community Trailblazer, following up on his 2013 Scarborough Walk of Fame Induction. Morgan is a member of the Writers’ Union of Canada, a 2012 National Team Poetry Slam Champion, and four-time runner-up. He has received both the African Canadian Achievement Award, and the Harry Jerome Award for Excellence in the Arts, and is the winner of 3 Canadian Urban Music Awards (2001, 2003, 2005). In 2005, he was recognized as Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Vancouver. In 2008, Morgan’s contribution to the Arts and Canadian society were recognized on the Legacy Black History Month poster. Morgan has published eight books, and has collaborated with Driftwood Studios to film Three Knocks, a ten-minute film based on his domestic violence poem of the same name, which premiered in Toronto’s Reel World Film Festival.
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