Dasan Ahanu

Dasan Ahanu is an award winning poet and performance artist, cultural organizer, educator, and emcee based in Durham, North Carolina. He is an Alumni Nasir Jones Fellow at Harvard’s Hip Hop Archive and Research Institute, resident artist at the St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation/Hayti Heritage Center, and visiting lecturer at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He has performed across the country, appeared on national radio and TV, published four books of poetry, been featured in various periodicals and released numerous recordings. Dasan is a strategist and builder who uses art & culture as a foundation and framework for creative solutions to business needs internally and externally. He works with organizations and institutions looking to deepen connection and engagement, reach farther, and increase capacity through creative and iterative design. Dasan is currently managing a grant funded initiative as the Rothwell Mellon Program Director for Creative Futures with Carolina Performing Arts.