Fresh Air, Sekou Sundiata and Katea Stitt

Performance poet Sekou Sundiata and his manager Katea Stitt on this edition of Fresh Air. Sekou Sundiata's one of New York's notable spoken word artists. He blends lyrics of urban dwelling with music. Born in Harlem, Sundiata is a professor of English Literature at The New School for Social Research. He's released CDs of spoken word including, The Blue Oneness of Dreams and Urban Music. This week he premieres his new one-man show "blessing the boats." It's about the year his kidney failed, he went into dialysis, and then had a kidney transplant. That year ended with him crashing his car in a snowstorm on the way to his "comeback" concert and breaking his neck. He is fully recovered now. Katea Stitt is the manager and friend of Sekou Sundiata and she discusses her decision to donate her kidney to him. (Broadcast Date: November 20, 2002)