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Caleb Femi
Nigerian author, photographer and filmmaker (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caleb Femi (born 1990) is a Nigerian-British author, film director, photographer, and former young people's laureate for London. His debut poetry collection, Poor, was awarded a Forward Prize for Poetry.
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Early life
Caleb Femi was born in 1990 in Kano, Nigeria,[1] where he was brought up by his grandmother.[2] When he was seven years old, he moved to join his parents on the North Peckham Estate in London.[3] After leaving school, he studied English at Queen Mary, University of London.[2]
Career
From 2014 to 2016, Femi taught English at a secondary school in Tottenham.[2] In 2016, he was chosen as the first young people's laureate for London.[4] On 30 July 2020, he published his debut poetry collection, entitled Poor,[5] which won the Forward Prize's Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection in October 2021.[6]
Filmography
Femi has so far made and released four short films, serving as writer/director on each:[7]
- And They Knew Light (2017)
- Wishbone (2018)
- Secret Life of Gs (2019)
- Survivor's Guilt (2020)
Accolades
Femi was named in Dazed magazine's 2021 Dazed100, a list of the next generation shaping youth culture.[8]
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