Kobi Essah Ayensuo
Kobi Essah Ayensuo is a poet, musician, playwright, facilitator and creative of many hats based in London. Their work often explores their black queer, trans identity and coming of age, their black queer ancestry, Ghanaian heritage; navigating relationships and reimagining and decolonising the lens with which black history is told. Musically, their own sound can be described as soulful, alternative and harmonic. Kobi Essah’s work is also a reminder that growing into our skin happens when we listen in to our spirit and look to the ones who came before us. Their work often blends, vocals, harmonic soundscapes, music and poetry. Kobi Essah Ayensuo has been published with Ink Sweat and Tears, South London Gallery, Flipped Eye and Marques Almeida for London Fashion Week 2020. They have performed their work at several venues and festivals across the UK such as Brainchild festival, Wilderness Festival, Mighty Hoopla Festival, Tate Britain, the Roundhouse, the Barbican and the Southbank Centre. They are also are a BBC Words First finalist and an alumnus of the Obsidian Foundation, Barbican Young Poets, The Writing room and the Roundhouse Resident Artist programme. And their debut play Sankofa: Before The Whitewash sold out at the Roundhouse’s Last Word festival in 2022. They’re, also a member of the Trans Voices choir. And at present Kobi Essah is working on their Debut EP they are a member of Soho Writers Lab 23/24.
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