Sonia Sanchez has been played on NTS in shows including Moor Mother, featured first on 29 April 2017. Songs played include I Have Walked A Long Time, We CAN Be and A Black/Woman/Speaks.

Sonia Sanchez is an African American poet most often associated with the Black Arts Movement. Born Wilsonia Benita Driver in Birmingham, Alabama on September 9, 1934, she has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as plays and children's books