Mawakiya mai suna ta Amurka, Nikki Giovanni, ta mutu ranar 9 ga Disamba, 2024, a shekaru 81. An haife ta a Knoxville, Tennessee, a shekarar 1943, Giovanni ta zama daya daga cikin mawakiyoyin Afirika-Amerika masu shahara a duniya.
Giovanni ta samu karbuwa a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan marubuta na Black Arts Movement a ƙarshen shekarun 1960. Aikinta na farko ya nuna ra’ayi mai karfi na Afirika-Amerika, wanda ya sa aka yi mata laqa da “Poet of the Black Revolution”.
Ta ci lambobin yabo da dama, ciki har da Langston Hughes Medal, NAACP Image Award, da kuma an zabe ta don Grammy Award saboda kundin waqoqin nata, *The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection*. Giovanni kuma ta samu 27 digirin girmamawa daga jami’o’i da kwalejoji daban-daban.
Giovanni ta kuma kasance farfesa a Jami’ar Virginia Tech, inda ta yi aiki har zuwa yin ritaya a shekarar 2022. Ta shahara da waqoqinta irin su “Knoxville, Tennessee” da “Nikki-Rosa
