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Nigerian Mancunian Segun has worked as a pot washer, cleaner, pop singer, jazz dancer, telephonist, newspaper vendor, poet, playwright, post worker, waiter, club promoter and community activist. Segun’s poetry questions assumptions of what means to be British, playfully contrasting his Yoruba roots with his Mancunian upbringing. As a writer, he has worked extensively in a variety of schools, prisons, and youth centres. In 1999, Segun’s fierce belief in the power of writing and performance to set people free led him to found Manchester’s Speakeasy People poetry collective, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Segun is currently commissioned by Theatre Writing Partnership to write Palm Wine & Stout, a new theatre show for rural touring about his Nigerian roots. |
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