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Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa

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Biography

Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa is a British-born Barbadian poet, dancer and choreographer. Cane, Corn & Gully (Out-Spoken Press, 2022) is her first poetry collection and her work has appeared in The Caribbean Writer, Poetry Review, Poetry London, and Wasafiri. She is also a national and international spoken word champion, an Obsidian Foundation fellow and an Apples & Snakes/Jerwood Arts Poetry in Performance recipient. She won the 2020 Culture Recordings New Voice in Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the Out-Spoken Page Poetry Prize and Creative Future Writer’s Award. She placed third in The 2022 London Magazine Poetry Prize.

Years Attended

2023 Adult’s Festival Participant

Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa

Author
Barbados, UK
Events Featuring Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa
2023
Take Three: Desiree C. Bailey, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa and Samantha Thornhill
Festival Programme Event
Poetry Event
Event Date: April 28, 2023 @ 3:00 pm
Old Fire Station