Meet the Tribe.
October 2020
in the spotlight… Nick Makoha
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MEET THE TRIBE
Nick Makoha
Nick Makoha’s debut, Kingdom of Gravity, published by Peepal Tree Press, was shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize and nominated by The Guardian as one of the best books of 2017. He is a Cave Canem Graduate Fellow, Malika’s Kitchen Fellow, and Complete Works Alumni. He won the 2015 Brunel International African Poetry prize and the 2016 Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize for his pamphlet Resurrection Man.
His poems have appeared in The New York Times, Poetry Review, Rialto, Poetry London, Triquarterly Review, Boston Review, Callaloo, and Wasafiri.
He is the founder of the Obsidian Foundation.
Mixtape
The Mixtape is a cocktail. Poems about music, poems about love, poems of protest and of exile, monologues, and duet poems… all tied together through an unforgettable soundtrack of songs, from Afrobeats to hip-hop, from reggae to soul. With enduring friendship at its centre, hear poems which leap back and forth in time, giving voice to the universal struggle to carve out personal and political identities.
Obsidian Foundation
Obsidian is a one-week retreat for black poets of African descent are selected by application who want to advance their writing practice, led by five black acclaimed tutors.
We will create a community of black creative diversity where poets are fully self-expressed free from racism. Main Activities: opening circle, five daily faculty-led workshops, faculty readings, and closing ceremony.
The Dark
The Dark is directed by JMK award-winning director Roy Alexander Weise (Mountain Top, Young Vic and Nine Night, National Theatre). Co-commissioned by Ovalhouse and Fuel, supported by Arts Council England and Coombe Farm Studios. Development supported by PULSE Festival and as part of Ovalhouse’s FiRST BiTES series.
