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Caleb Femi Quotes

born 1990 Nigeria

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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What replaces it is a tenacity to thrive, to want to have a good time in spite of whatever conditions you live in.

I hope to re-engage young people, who have long been disenfranchised, through poetry.

Re-engage young people, who have long been disenfranchised, through poetry.

And young people deserve to be included in such spaces.

At its best, it allows us to communicate from an honest and safe place.

How tragic is it to be a young boy and see yourself die so many times?

Poetry is the one of the purest forms of conversation there is.

You lose your innocence much earlier than anyone should.

I have never loved anything the way I love the endz.

What it means to be British and the emotions that unite us all when we travel.

The culture of teaching and of the curriculum nationwide was one that was stifling creativity.

My poetry is about my understanding about being in London, Britain, the world.

The threat of violence was normalised.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Caleb Femi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.