Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet of the Black Arts Movement, dies aged 81

The award-winning US poet and author of works like Black Feeling, Black Talk and Those Who Ride the Night Winds has died after a third cancer diagnosis

Nikki Giovanni, the award-winning US poet who emerged as one of the leading voices of the 1960s Black Arts movement, has died aged 81.

Giovanni died on Monday following her third cancer diagnosis, her friend, the author Renee Watson, told NPR in a statement.