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Nailah Folami Imoja

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Biography

Nailah Folami Imoja (née Charmaine Gill), winner of Barbados’s Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Competition 2024 and Bermuda’s Writer in Residence 2025, is a Barbadian/British novelist, poet, spoken word artist, and educator. A teacher by day, she relies on more than three decades of teaching experience (from kindergarten teacher to university tutor) and a keen sense of humour to survive each day in the classroom.

As poet, novelist, journalist, and editor, Nailah has contributed significantly to the Barbadian litscape and aims to entertain and enlighten with her work. She is author of numerous novellas including Colourblind, To Protect & Serve and Fantasy Fulfilled which are available via smashwords.com. Her greatest opus thus far is her young adult daughter.

Years Attended

2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant

Nailah Folami Imoja

Author
Barbados
Events Featuring Nailah Folami Imoja
2025
Stand & Deliver Saturday - Open Mic Event
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance, Poetry Event
Event Date: May 3, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
Abercromby Street Arcade
2025
WE LIT Workshop: Growing Pains
Festival Programme Event
WE LIT, Workshop Event
Event Date: May 2, 2025 @ 10:30 am
Young Adult Library