Samantha is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia and an eternal Back Talker of the Black on Black Rhyme persuasion.

She just completed her Masters Degree (MFA) in Poetry and is now currently touring the Southeastern United States in her illegally tinted car, the black bullet, selling CD's in poetry venues and public bathrooms.

Samantha is also the slam coach of the Virginia Rhodes slam team, the dynamic group that recently took home $3,000 worth of prize money at Southern Fried Regionals in Miami, where 16 teams competed for the grand prize, bragging rights, and good old fashioned camraderie.

Some of Samantha's favorite things to do is laying upside down on her bed reading, talking and laughing with friends and fellow poets, drinking Thai Iced Tea, making love and making poems, and of course, sculpting her Afro into sundry zoo animals.

You can check out Samantha's July itinerary below. To learn more about Samantha and read all her business, you can visit her website at www.samanthaspeaks.com.

Tallahassee, FL
Thursday, July 8, 2004
Samantha features at Black on Black Rhyme
Mt. Zion Calypso Cafe
904 Gamble Street
show starts at 9pm
$5 coverfor more info: 850.459.7399
www.blackonblackrhyme.com

Tampa, FL
Saturday, July 10, 2004
Samantha Raheem & Queen Sheba
feature at The Lotus Room
1101 W. Kennedy Blvd.Hyde Park Tampa
show starts at 7:30
cover $5/$3 student ID/open mic
for more info call Mary: 813.886.6362

Savannah, GA
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Samantha features
for more info call Chelsea: 912.844.7533
details TBA...

Baton Rouge, LA
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Samantha features at Eclectic Truth
Cafe Reggae
124 W. Chimes Street
sponsored by Baton Rouge Poetry Alliance
show starts at 10pm
for more info call: 225.229.9206

New Orleans, LA
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Samantha features at Up Close and Personal
The Hard Rock Cafe
418 S. Peters doors open at 8pm
$7 cover
for more info call Peaches at 504.914.6224

New Orleans, LA
Friday, July 22, 2004
Samantha at Pozazz
True Brew Cafe
details TBA...

St. Louis, MO
August 3-7
Samantha & Team Virginia Slam
at the National Poetry Slam
details TBA...

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