Warsan Shire

Location:
London, So
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Alternative / Lyrical / Hip Hop
Label:
almost and as such.
Warsan Shire is a Kenyan born Somali poet and writer who is based in London. Born in 1988, she is an artistic activist who has read her work all over the world, more recently South Africa, Italy and Germany. Her poetry has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
She believes in healing through narrative and art. She works with refugee communities in the UK through poetry workshops to document their stories of journey and trauma.
Her work is intimate, tragic and deeply rich, it resonates with you long after you have read them. Her poetry is her way of recounting painful - and usually ironic - stories. Stories of women that continue to love,despite everything.



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