The event takes place online, from 2pm till 3.30pm (UK time), on Thursday, 17 October 2024.
As part of the evening, poets featured in the Africa Migration Report: an Anthology of Poems; Volume 1 (CivicLeicester, forthcoming) will share poetry and reflections on the theme of African migration, the vision they have on the matter, and how we get to a future where freedom of movement is a right that extends to and includes Africans on the continent, in the diaspora, and on the move.
The readings and conversations will be followed by a Q&A with all present.
Attendance and participation are free and open to all.
REGISTRATION
To attend, please register here.
FEATURED POETS
Ayo Ayoola-Amale is the author of six volumes of poems. She believes that art expresses the inherent beauty in human experience and the environment with a sense of poetry and unbridled sensitivity. Ayo is a Social Justice Poet and the founder/director of Splendors of Dawn Poetry Foundation.
Philippa Hatendi-Louiceus was born in Zimbabwe and traversed three continents for education. Her journey culminated in a bachelor's degree in the arts. Scribbling since her teens, her pen dances to the rhythms of African culture, mythos, and folklore, weaving tales that honor the richness of her heritage.
Tifany MarSah is an all rounded creative currently solidifying herself in the UK poetry scene. As a poet she encapsulates vulnerability through imagery, storytelling and conversation. Through “spoken letters'' her pieces send a message from experience and paint a connection to past/present/ futuristic emotions and moments that are mutually experienced. Tifany to confirm.
M Sahr Nouwah is a poet, humanitarian worker, and advocate with roots in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. Born June 15, 1985, and educated as a refugee, he has travelled widely across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific. Sahr writes articles on LinkedIn, Academia, and Medium, sharing his varied experiences.
Collins Chibunna Nwachukwu is a Nigerian and a Pan-African. Some of his works appear in anthologies, among them, Love Birds (2024, an Indian publication), Words Are Forever (2023, India), Spirit Anthology (a Radha Krishna publication, India), Achebe, The Soul Brother (7th edition of the publication of the Young Society of Nigerian Writers, Anambra state chapter, Nigeria). Others appear in magazines such as the Fringe Poetry Magazine (2024 edition, UK), and Mount Kenyan Times e-magazines (2023). He has garnered several awards and certificates of participation and excellence in several online literary groups. A lover of music and musical instruments and a topnotch goalkeeper, Collins holds a (BA in Mass Communication) from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and an (MA in Communication and Language Arts) from the University of Ibadan.
Joseph C Ogbonna is a prolific poet from Nigeria. He has published very widely in magazines, anthologies, journals and in online blogs. His poems 'Napoleon to Josephine’ and ‘Josephine to Napoleon' were aired by the BBC Radio 3 in a documentary Napoleon: Words and Music to mark the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte on May the 5th, 2021. He lives in Enugu with his wife, Chizoba Josef-Chidindu.
Omobola Osamor‘s poetry examines the intersection of relationships—both human and institutional—and the emotions that arise from failures and successes. Her work, which includes poetry and fiction, has been featured in a range of publications, including Brittle Paper, African Writer, The Shallow Tales Review, and Flash Fiction Magazine. Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, she currently lives in Chicago.
Adaora Raji’s recent article for Salzburg Global Seminar explores how migrant fiction can challenge the narratives surrounding the complex global system of migration. Her fiction stories has appeared in Fictionable, Lolwe, Arlington Literary Journal, Midnight and Indigo Literary Journal, the Coachella Review, the Bookends Review and as 1st runner up in the 2022 Kendeka Prize for African Literature.
Patrick Kapuya Tshiuma is a software developer and father of four living and working in Israel with a refugee status obtained in 2004.
As part of the evening, poets featured in the Africa Migration Report: an Anthology of Poems; Volume 1 (CivicLeicester, forthcoming) will share poetry and reflections on the theme of African migration, the vision they have on the matter, and how we get to a future where freedom of movement is a right that extends to and includes Africans on the continent, in the diaspora, and on the move.
The readings and conversations will be followed by a Q&A with all present.
Attendance and participation are free and open to all.
REGISTRATION
To attend, please register here.
FEATURED POETS
Ayo Ayoola-Amale is the author of six volumes of poems. She believes that art expresses the inherent beauty in human experience and the environment with a sense of poetry and unbridled sensitivity. Ayo is a Social Justice Poet and the founder/director of Splendors of Dawn Poetry Foundation.
Philippa Hatendi-Louiceus was born in Zimbabwe and traversed three continents for education. Her journey culminated in a bachelor's degree in the arts. Scribbling since her teens, her pen dances to the rhythms of African culture, mythos, and folklore, weaving tales that honor the richness of her heritage.
Tifany MarSah is an all rounded creative currently solidifying herself in the UK poetry scene. As a poet she encapsulates vulnerability through imagery, storytelling and conversation. Through “spoken letters'' her pieces send a message from experience and paint a connection to past/present/ futuristic emotions and moments that are mutually experienced. Tifany to confirm.
M Sahr Nouwah is a poet, humanitarian worker, and advocate with roots in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. Born June 15, 1985, and educated as a refugee, he has travelled widely across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific. Sahr writes articles on LinkedIn, Academia, and Medium, sharing his varied experiences.
Collins Chibunna Nwachukwu is a Nigerian and a Pan-African. Some of his works appear in anthologies, among them, Love Birds (2024, an Indian publication), Words Are Forever (2023, India), Spirit Anthology (a Radha Krishna publication, India), Achebe, The Soul Brother (7th edition of the publication of the Young Society of Nigerian Writers, Anambra state chapter, Nigeria). Others appear in magazines such as the Fringe Poetry Magazine (2024 edition, UK), and Mount Kenyan Times e-magazines (2023). He has garnered several awards and certificates of participation and excellence in several online literary groups. A lover of music and musical instruments and a topnotch goalkeeper, Collins holds a (BA in Mass Communication) from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and an (MA in Communication and Language Arts) from the University of Ibadan.
Joseph C Ogbonna is a prolific poet from Nigeria. He has published very widely in magazines, anthologies, journals and in online blogs. His poems 'Napoleon to Josephine’ and ‘Josephine to Napoleon' were aired by the BBC Radio 3 in a documentary Napoleon: Words and Music to mark the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte on May the 5th, 2021. He lives in Enugu with his wife, Chizoba Josef-Chidindu.
Omobola Osamor‘s poetry examines the intersection of relationships—both human and institutional—and the emotions that arise from failures and successes. Her work, which includes poetry and fiction, has been featured in a range of publications, including Brittle Paper, African Writer, The Shallow Tales Review, and Flash Fiction Magazine. Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, she currently lives in Chicago.
Adaora Raji’s recent article for Salzburg Global Seminar explores how migrant fiction can challenge the narratives surrounding the complex global system of migration. Her fiction stories has appeared in Fictionable, Lolwe, Arlington Literary Journal, Midnight and Indigo Literary Journal, the Coachella Review, the Bookends Review and as 1st runner up in the 2022 Kendeka Prize for African Literature.
Patrick Kapuya Tshiuma is a software developer and father of four living and working in Israel with a refugee status obtained in 2004.
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Organised by Forced Migration and The Arts in collaboration with CivicLeicester and Regularise, the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series draws inspiration from the 2nd Edition of the Africa Migration Report, jointly published by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in March 2024. Through poetry, the series explores multifaceted narratives surrounding African migration, capturing personal, familial, community, national and international histories and experiences of African migration. Because every day is Africa Day, our call for submissions is open 365 days a year.
Forced Migration and The Arts is an international network that brings together people with lived experience of forced migration, refugee and non-refugee artists, academics and art spaces for conversation looking at work taking place at the intersection where forced migration and the arts meet. The network hosts monthly indabas or discussion forums on the last Thursday of each month and encourages mutual support and collaboration.
Regularise is a migrant-led collective founded in late 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The collective aims to address the years of sustained hardships that undocumented migrants experience in the UK and continues to organise and campaign for justice and for the rights of undocumented migrants.
CivicLeicester is a community publisher that uses print and digital technologies, social media platforms, the arts, and online and in-person events to highlight conversations of transnational interest and significance. Books we have edited and published include Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World (2023), Poetry and Settled Status for All: An Anthology (2022) and Bollocks to Brexit: An Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction (2019).
Organised by Forced Migration and The Arts in collaboration with CivicLeicester and Regularise, the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series draws inspiration from the 2nd Edition of the Africa Migration Report, jointly published by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in March 2024. Through poetry, the series explores multifaceted narratives surrounding African migration, capturing personal, familial, community, national and international histories and experiences of African migration. Because every day is Africa Day, our call for submissions is open 365 days a year.
Forced Migration and The Arts is an international network that brings together people with lived experience of forced migration, refugee and non-refugee artists, academics and art spaces for conversation looking at work taking place at the intersection where forced migration and the arts meet. The network hosts monthly indabas or discussion forums on the last Thursday of each month and encourages mutual support and collaboration.
Regularise is a migrant-led collective founded in late 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The collective aims to address the years of sustained hardships that undocumented migrants experience in the UK and continues to organise and campaign for justice and for the rights of undocumented migrants.
CivicLeicester is a community publisher that uses print and digital technologies, social media platforms, the arts, and online and in-person events to highlight conversations of transnational interest and significance. Books we have edited and published include Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World (2023), Poetry and Settled Status for All: An Anthology (2022) and Bollocks to Brexit: An Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction (2019).
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