Christopher "Dasan Ahanu" Massenburg

Christopher Massenburg, bka Dasan Ahanu, is an award-winning poet, playwright, cultural organizer, performing artist, and scholar. He is a Southern storyteller who uses stories to deepen our understanding and awareness of what's happening around us. Massenburg is a visiting lecturer at UNC-Chapel Hill, an alumnus of Harvard University's Nasir Jones Fellowship, and North Carolina's 2023 Piedmont Laureate for poetry. He has served various artistic leadership roles and consistently reinvests his talents. He is the co-founder and managing director of Black Poetry Theatre (BPT). an African American theatre company that has been creating and presenting productions centering on spoken word and Hip Hop since 2008.