Dean Atta
Winner of the Spirit of London Award for ‘Achievement through the Arts’. Commissioned to write poems for Damilola Taylor Trust, Keats House, London Transport Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Tate...
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Ben “Doc Brown” Smith began his career in 2000 as a battle rapper, competing in live events such as the now defunct Mudlumz, an infamously tough gig based at the Dingwalls nightclub in Camden Lock...
View ArticleNicholas Pinnock
Nicholas Andre Pinnock is a British theatre, television, film actor and screenwriter. Pinnock was born in Balham, South London, growing up with his family in Hartley, Kent. He is the youngest of three...
View ArticleJohn Agard
John Agard born in British Guyana, is an Afro-Guyanese playwright, poet and children’s writer, now living in the United Kingdom. Agard grew up in Georgetown, British Guyana. He loved to listen to...
View ArticleJames Berry OBE
James Berry was born in Jamaica and grew up in a coastal village, the fourth child in a family of six. James Berry was born and brought up in a tiny seaside village in Jamaica. He learnt to read before...
View ArticleFaustin Charles
Faustin Charles was born in Trinidad and his passion for writing started when he was still at school. As there are no publishing houses in the Caribbean, he came to the conclusion that he would have to...
View ArticleKei Miller
Kei Miller is a Jamaican poet, fiction writer, anthologist and occasional journalist. Miller was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He read English at the University of the West Indies, but dropped...
View ArticleBen Okri OBE FRSL
Ben Okri OBE FRSL is a Nigerian poet and novelist. Okri is considered one of the foremost African authors in the post-modern and post-colonial traditions and has been compared favorably with authors...
View ArticleNii Ayikwei Parkes
Born in the UK, and raised in Ghana (where he attended Achimota School), Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a performance poet, writer and sociocultural commentator. A veteran of several poetry festivals, and...
View ArticleBenjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah born in Birmingham, England is an English writer and dub poet. He is a well-known figure in contemporary English literature, and was included in The Times list of...
View ArticleAnthony Joseph
Anthony Joseph is a poet, novelist, academic and musician. He was born in Trinidad, moving to the UK in 1989. He is the author of three collections of poetry and a novel, The African Origins of UFOs....
View ArticleLinton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) is a UK-based dub poet. In 2002 he became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His performance poetry...
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