Tshaka is the first black, Santa Clara County Poet Laureate and has authored three books of poetry entitled “TARMAN”, “MUTED WHISPERS”, “STUFF, I will write more”, and “TUNNEL VISION'' with one more on the way entitled “LETTERS TO MY DAUGHTER”. His words have been featured in Bridges Review, BBC UK, Fall Lines Vol X, Speakeasy vol 1, Liminal Animals, Rigorous magazine, among others. Tshaka is 2024 Periplus fellow and poetry editor for Caesura literary journal and various of their poetry anthologies. A city of Milpitas and city of Sunnyvale commendation in the arts award recipient, he has also collaborated on projects with the World Health Organization (WHO), the De young museum in San Francisco, the NUMU and Triton museums, as well sits on the Board of Directors for Silicon Valley