Mwende Katwiwa, who performs under the name FreeQuency, is a Kenyan-American slam poet, community organizer, and activist.
[1][2] Their poems address issues of identity, emotion, racism, colonialism, and police brutality in the United States.
[3] They gave a TED Talk in 2017 called "Black life at the intersection of birth and death.
[6] At the poetry slam, Katwiwa performed "Dear White People" and "The Gospel of Colonization.
[11] Although they were primarily involved with in-person organizing, they also used the social media site Tumblr to promote the protest.