H. SONGHAI, born Harold Watson, Philadelphia, PA June 16, 1957. Songhai attended Central High School in Philadelphia and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English. H. Songhai has performed and studied poetry with Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed, Lamont B. Steptoe, Etheridge Knight, Lucille Clifton, Margaret Walker, Askia Muhammad Toure and many others.
Songhai currently teaches Digital Media and Language/Arts in Philadelphia. A Digital Archivist, Songhai specializes in converting photographs, documents, VHS tapes and vinyl recordings to DVD. Contact H. Songhai at
hsonghai@verizon.net.
