Part of a Story That Started Before Me

Award-winning spoken word artist, George The Poet, brings together this exciting, timely and thought-provoking collection of poems by established and new wordsmiths from across the diaspora, exploring people and moments from Black British history. With so much of black British history remaining buried, this collection brilliantly uses poetry to link us to the past and allow us to look forward to the future. Featuring: Abi Simms, Adesayo Talabi, AFLO. the poet, Amina Jama, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Benjamin Zephaniah, Bridget Minamore, Cara Thompson, Casey Bailey, Derek Walcott, Dorothea Smartt, Eno Mfon, Evan the poet, Fred D'Aguiar, Grace Nichols, George The Poet, Henry Stone, Ife Grillo, Inua Ellams, Irenosen Okojie, Isaiah Hull, Jade LB, Jeffrey Boakye, Jenny Mitchell, Jeremiah Brown, John Agard, Joseph Coelho, Jude Yawson, Kat François, Keith Jarrett, Kelechi Okafor, Khalid El Sheik, M. NourbeSe Philip, Malika Booker, Michael Groce, Miles Chambers, Muneera Pilgrim, Nick Makoha, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Nile Faure-Bryan, Phillis Wheatley, Priss Nash, Olaudah Equino, Olivette Otele & Stretch the Top Boy, Rakaya Fetuga, Raymond Antrobus, Reece Williams, The Repeat Beat Poet, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, Samuel King, Sophia Thakur, Thembe Mvula, Theresa Lola, Tré Ventour, Vanessa Kisuule, Wretch 32 and Zena Edwards.