Poet|Spoken Word Artist|Voice Artist
He uses poetry to express love, his pain, joy and at times frustrations. He has been using it to empower, inspire and motivate himself, his community and nation. He writes in pidgin and English and he aims to take poetry into the streets, bars and clubs.
Tanni D. Awa also known as Mottanni was born in Mezam division of the North West Region of Cameroon
He Started writing poetry when he was in form four secondary school with his first poem titled “Stay Clear.” He has been writing ever since while also doing stage plays with Angelic Troupe Pictures (ATP) in Buea.
He started performance poetry otherwise known as Spoken Word Poetry in 2015 with his debut performance on the Black Swagger Poetry Slam Show; a monthly poetry show in Bamenda, Cameroon. Ever since then he has graced stages of shows like Dare Africa’s Emerging Leaders Breakfast, Dare Africa’s 99.9 talks , New Breed Africa Foundation’s Woman Power Banquet, New Breed Africa Celebrity Awards(NBACA) just to name a few. He has also performed online in Germany, USA and South Africa on other poetry shows and events.
He has the following awards;
Best Punctual Poet 2020 by Black Swagger Poetry Slam Producers
Best Male Spoken Word Poet 2020 from Black Swagger Producers
Best Overall Spoken Word Artist 2020 from Black Swagger Poetry Slam Producers
Bamenda Variety and Entertainment Industry Awards (BAVENTI Awards) as Best-Spoken Word Poet
NBACA 2020 Special Awards for Professionalizing the art of Poetry and Spoken Word in Bamenda and the North West Region of Cameroon.
NBACA 2020 runner up for best Spoken Word Artist 2020
NBACA Awards 2021 for Spoken Word Artist of the year
CAMACA Awards 2021 for Best Spoken Word Poet
He keeps thriving driven by his passion and conviction to use poetry to shape his community and society and is inspired by Joyce Babatunde, Jon Jorgenson, Dike Chukwumerije Clayton Jennings, Bonzyz Kwakwa, Atangche Zita
He just released his debut Poetry Album titled DarkLight.
Availabe on
https://linktr.ee/mottanni