Ep 5 | National Voices Part 1: 'But I'm a poet as well"

Update: 2021-08-30

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In this episode our host Yomi Sode talks to Khadijah Ibrahiim and Malaika Kegode about the importance of including regional voices in the conversations about the landscape of Black British Poetry.

Khadijah talks about her poetry journey, why she founded Leeds Young Authors and Malaika discusses how rural voices are still sometimes left out of the conversation and why that needs to change.

Malaika shares her poem 'Legacy'

Apples and Snakes:The Podcast is hosted by Yomi Sode with Sound production by Drew at Lab Studios.

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Ep 5 | National Voices Part 1: 'But I'm a poet as well"