HEY THERE, I AM
Assétou Xango
POET. EDUCATOR. CHANGEMAKER.
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HEY THERE, I AM
Assétou Xango
COACH, POET, LEADER, CHANGEMAKER.
Biography
East-coast based performer, writer and facilitator Assétou Xango is known as the Dark Goddess Poet. Xango’s work dismantles the dangerous, colonial binaries that restrict our full existence. As a black, pansexual, polyamorous, genderqueer womxn, Xango exists as the in-between, the darkness that serves as the entry to our deeper.
Xango was featured on HBO's Brave New Voices in 2010 and is a two-time TEDxMileHigh Speaker. Xango was a Fellow of the Academy of American Poet Laureates in 2021 and has been published by many prestigious organizations such as Westword and Poets.org.
Xango is the Emeritus Poet Laureate of Aurora, Colorado (2017-2021). Xango has a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Masters of Arts in Poetry from Wilkes University. In all xyr work, Xango is dedicated to the visibility and rights of womxn and gender non-conforming people of color through storytelling to dismantle binaries and divisions.
I am the person people call when they need real, authentic talk and emotional awareness and intelligence. When they are completely beside themselves and lost in the weeds of despair. My mission is to help liberate folks from the unconscious stories and materials that are keeping them from being in harmony with the world. When we are freed up to do the work we are meant to do, we are freed up to heal the world.
Hello there. I'm Assétou Xango
I help Black Femmes develop internal resources that support their dreams and visions, improve or replace their relationships with ones that are fuller, healthier and enlivening, and clarify their vision so they can approach life with confidence. I also help white folks seeking to be allies to the POC community, understand how oppression works internally and externally, address implicit bias and have tough conversations about race without shutting down. I empower them to address racial inequities within their community.
I use my unique skills in writing, performance, mental health and spirituality to coach people all over the world on how to capture their story, own their healing and live their truth. Through this work, we locate what stories and imprints from the past are keeping them from having the life they deserve. My work promotes internal and external harmony. We build connection by way of the deep reckoning with conflict, systemic oppression and all the things that bind us from each other.