Malaika Kegode Author

Malaika Kegode is a writer and performer based in Bristol. She has appeared on stages at a number of festivals and literary events including WOMAD and Edinburgh Book Festival. Her work has been featured in various anthologies and exhibitions, and in 2019 she was shortlisted for the Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry award for best poetry film. She has also written essays for Black Ballad and Bristol Festival of Ideas around themes of culture, film and race. Her poetry collections Requite (2017) and Thalassic (2020) are both published by Burning Eye Books.