Haifa Aljabri obtained her a master’s degree in translation (English to Arabic) from Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. She has published several poetry collections, and she received the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Prize for Arabic Poetry in 2020. Aljabri has also translated doctoral theses, book chapters and numerous articles from English into Arabic
Bela Chekurishvili is a Georgian poet and journalist. She was born on December 25, 1974 in Vachnadziani, Gurjaani. After finishing school, she studied Georgian language and literature at Tbilisi State University. Chekurishvili worked as a journalist for various magazines and newspapers in Georgia from 1998 to 2013. She then began further PhD study on comparative […]
Pẹ̀lúmi Obasaju is a Nigerian-British scientist and storyteller who brings poetry into the day-to-day. An experienced performer, she has been commissioned for several projects including an AR candle with New York based Spoken Flames, the consecration of the first black bishop of the Diocese of London, and The Royal African Society 120th Anniversary Gala. Her […]
Rahma O. Jimoh is a winner of the Poetry Translation, Lagos-London competition. She is a participant in the Undertow Writing workshop and has been published or has works forthcoming in Salt Hill Journal, Isele Magazine, Parentheses Art, Ake Review, Tinderbox Poetry, Olongo Africa, Lucent Dreaming, Agbowo, Tab Journal, Brittle Paper, Kalahari Review & others. She […]
Isaiah Adepoju is a retired Nigerian. He’s a fellow of Ebedi International Writers Residency, UNDERTOW Poetry fellowship, London, and Imodoye Writers Residency. His debut novel is forthcoming from Abibiman UK this year. His poems have been longlisted for 2023 Alphine Fellowship Poetry Prize, and won the 2022 Lagos-London Poetry Prize. Isaiah Adepoju was part of […]
Sodïq Oyèkànmí (he/him) is a poet, thespian and librarian. A 2022/23 Poetry Translation Centre (UK) UNDERTOW Cohort. He holds a B.A in Theatre Arts from the University of Ibadan where he specialised in Acting & Dramaturgy. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, he won the 2022 Lagos / London Poetry Competition. […]
Iheoma J. Uzomba is the Editor of The Muse Journal No. 50 (A Journal of Creative and Critical Writing, UNN). She is a spoken word artist and performance poet. Her poems have been published or are forthcoming on Rattle Magazine, Palette Poetry, The Shore Poetry, Chestnut Review, Isele Magazine, The Rising Phoenix Review and elsewhere. […]
Arimoku is a Nigerian poet whose work explores the human condition through various lenses to describe our collective experience. You canfind him on Instagram: ari.moku_ Arimoku was part of the PTC’s UNDERTOW programme in 2023.
Muiz Ọpẹ́yẹmí Àjàyí (Frontier XVIII) is a Lagos-born Nigerian poet of Yoruba descent. His writings explore identity, language and place. He currently studies Law at the University of Ibadan. He’s an editor at The Nigeria Review, poetry reader for The Adroit Journal, a 2021 ARTmosterrific writer-in-residence and a 2023 Poetry Translation Centre UNDERTOW cohort. Winner […]
Fathima Zahra is an Indian poet based in Essex. She is a Barbican Young Poet and a Roundhouse Poetry Collective alum. Her poems have won the Bridport Prize, Asia House Slam, Wells Fest Young Poets Prize 2019. She has been featured across BBC World News, The New Indian Express and Young Poets Network. Her work […]