U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo

U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo, whose Ndebele/Zulu name means “What are we waiting for?” is a Boston-based Zimbabwean American Performance Artist and Poet. She has a Master’s in education from Lesley University and more than fifteen years of experience teaching health and wellness in schools and communities, and is presently an Adjunct Professor in English at Endicott College. Her poems have been used in film, TV, theater, and documentaries, and published in Write On The Dot. She is happily married and has a son.