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Supported by British Council International Collaboration Grants, whitin the project Whose wor(l)d is this? Diverse Voices in Urban Literature in the UK and Italy.
The workshop will be held in English with facilitation in Italian.
Inua Ellams (1984, Nigeria-UK) is a poet, playwright and performer. He is an ambassador for the Ministry of Stories and his published books of poetry include Candy Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars, Thirteen Fairy Negro Tales, The Wire-Headed Heathen, #Afterhours and The Half-God of Rainfall-an epic story in verse. His play The 14th Tale was awarded Fringe First at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival, and Barber Shop Chronicles sold out two performances at England's National Theatre. He recently completed his first full-length collection of poems The Actual, is currently touring with An Evening With An Immigrant, and is working on several commissions for stage and screen. He lives and works in London, where he founded Midnight Run, The Rhythm and Poetry Party (The R.A.P Party) and Poetry + Film / Hack (P+F/H). He is a member of the Royal Society of Literature.