Fisiwe Zwana—singer, poet, writer—is the founder and former host of Poetry at the Shack, which was one of Harlem's premier poetry venues featured at the Sugar Shack Café, where for five successful years she performed her poetic vocal stylings inspired by the smooth sounds of her former band, No Restrictions.

Fisiwe was a proud member of the spoken word, song and dance trio, Elemental Soul, along with her poetry partners Chuma and Tantra, as well as a visiting member of the Upstate New York based Universal Poetics performance group. Fisiwe joined together with Tantra and Iyapiphany to create Precious Gift, another spoken word, song, and dance trio who released their spoken word CD entitled Selling My Diamonds in 2001. In 2005 she and Tantra released the also independently produced CD, Natural, which was the poetic exploration of the mental, physical and spiritual journeys of women.

She has been a dancer for most of her life, studying under the likes of Dr. Pearl Primus and Dr. Kariamu Welsh Asante, pioneers of African and Carribean dance in America. She danced with Upstate New York's acclaimed Umoja and Burundi African Dance Troupes for over ten years.

Fisiwe's theater experiences include recording vocals for the Off-Broadway drama Trapped by New York City actor and playwright Curtiss I. Cook, the role of Glinda, the Good Witch of the South in The Wiz at Albany, New York's Park Playhouse, and writing and directing the dramatic mini-play The Visibly Invisible for a capacity crowd at New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Her first passion, however, is poetry heavily colored by her deep love for music. Under the care of Smooth as Jazz Publishing, a grass roots independent recording label dedicated to the spoken word, she is included in the compilation CD entitled In the Meantime...Vol. 1: Poetry for the Mind, Body and Soul. Her devotion to poetry caused her to launch her own brain child, Nubiascension Arts Enterprises through which she created opportunities to showcase spoken word artists in innovative and collaborative ways. NAE's first showcase, Poets Cabaret-Seeking The Keys of Night and Day, featured artists such as Chuma, Kufere, Mums the Schemer (of HBO's Acclaimed Original Series Oz) and Ngoma. In 2006 was taped for a spot on Spoken, hosted by Jessica Care Moore and produced by Robert Townsend for Atlanta Television.

She is the host of LoveArtLife Radio on the internet at www.vocalizedink.org where she explores the power of love with independent spoken word and music artists discussing how the awesome force influences their creations and life.

She is the loving mother of three incredibly intelligent and talented children, Curtiss Jr., Isis Olayo and Kimani Secret, to whom she devotes all of her endeavors in hopes that they, too, will focus their lives' energies on fulfilling their divine hearts' desires.

A resident of Atlanta, Georgia, Fisiwe plans to release other works of writing in the near future.