Mical Asefaw
Mical Asefaw provides spoken word poetry for Black women event coordinators and conscious companies looking to use poetry as a marketing tool that inspires their audience to make positive mindset shifts and improve their quality of life, and benefits organizations through increased audience engagement.
Work With Mical To:
Produce creative messaging that inspires an audience to take action
Infuse your gathering with collaborative energy and humor
Positively shift energy, behavior, and mindset
Give people permission to be present in their feelings and take up space in the word
Allow your audience to design and own their purpose
ABOUT MICAL
Mical Asefaw is an Eritrean-American poet, activist, and blogger. She was born in Khartoum, Sudan in a refugee camp and came to the U.S. as an infant refugee. She grew up in San Francisco’s Harlem of the West in the African American and Eritrean communities. Mical draws on her history to create spoken word pieces that inspire others to think critically about race, gender, and language and uses her words to break down barriers and uplift her peoples.
Mical Asefaw attended Mills College and earned a BA in economics and an MBA. She has performed at Mills College The Center for Transformative Action, the Village Project’s Kwanza at SF City Hall, MoAD’s Community Voices Series, Black Freighter Press’ “The Docks” series with Tongo Eisen-Martin, Berkeley Arts Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and SF Juneteenth Festival.
Client Testimonials
Tongo Eisen-Martin
Poet Laureate, San Francisco
“Mical Asefaw has a once-in-a-generation presence. Hers is a poetry of the most special fire; the cosmos come down.”
Adrien Williams
Villiage Project Founder
“An exceptional poet! Impressive … perspective and support of community. More Micals are needed to make this world a better place!”
Carrie Maultsby
Mills College Director of Center for Transformative Action
“A phenomenal poet, artist, speaker, human … eloquently blended the realities of our current systems with hope and optimism. A true professional who values relationships and the quality of her work.”
Nia McAlister
Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD)
“Mical Asefaw is a poet with unmatched energy, creativity, and care. She crafts words that hold her people and her community close, all while inspiring us all to dream of freer futures. She is a joy to work with.”
Qualifications
Mical Asefaw has performed at the following:
