Slam Nuba is an award-winning performance poetry event based in Denver, Colorado. Originated in 2006, Slam Nuba was a program of the Pan African Arts Society and the competative slam team for "Cafe Nuba," the premier monthly spoken-word & music showcase operating since 1999. In 2011 Slam Nuba won the national PSI Championship and is currently ranked 1st in the world!

Slam Nuba holds its twice monthly open mic & poetry slams at The Crossroads Theater (26th & Welton) located in the Historic Five Points neighborhood in Denver.

The National Poetry Slam is the largest team performance poetry event in the world. Teams from all over North America and a few from other countries converge in a different city every summer for five days of poetry, revelry and competition.

In 2007 the Slam Nuba team placed fourth in the nation. In 2008 Slam Nuba won two separate regional bouts including the Southwest Shoot Out Poetry Slam in Dallas, Texas, and The Denver 40 ounce Poetry Slam. Slam Nuba competed at The National Poetry Slam in Madison, Wisconsin in 2008 and made it to semifinals for the second year straight. In 2011 the Slam Nuba team won The Nation Poetry Slam Championship.

Slam Nuba is the brain child of Ashara Ekundayo, Ken Arkind and Panama Soweto. Café Nuba, had been a registered Poetry Slam, Inc. venue for several years and had never sent a team to the National Poetry Slam. With the support of the community Slam Nuba was created for the purpose of representing the versatility of Denver's poetry scene under its parent event, Café Nuba.

Slam Nuba is a registered program of a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. This means that all funds they generate come from donations and various types of fundraising. This keeps the group close to Denver and helps further the sense of community in the metropolitan area.

Team Slam Nuba has performed in many places outside of the poetry slam scene including and has shared the stage with journalist Amy Goodman (Democracy Now), as well as artists such as; Les Nubians, Dead Prez, Danny Glover, and Gil Scott Heron. Known for their cutting-edge political poems, Slam Nuba members are also educators and mentors who work with Denver's Minor Disturbance Youth Slam Team and who also repesent for social justice at events such as the Black Arts Festival, Juneteenth, and the Five Points Jazz Festival.

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