Inua Ellams
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Inua Ellams

at Tara Arts, London
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An Evening With An Immigrant

Born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother in what is now considered by many to be Boko Haram territory, in 1996 award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams left Nigeria for England aged 12, moved to Ireland for three years, before returning to London and starting work as a writer and graphic designer.

Part of this story was documented in his hilarious autobiographical Edinburgh Fringe First Award-winning play The 14th Tale, but much of it is untold. Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes, Inua will tell his ridiculous, fantastic, poignant immigrant-story of escaping fundamentalist Islam, directing an arts festival at his college in Dublin, performing solo shows at the National Theatre, and drinking wine with the Queen of England, all the while without a country to belong to or place to call home.

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Boundless lover of rhythm and language, Inua Ellams has achieved considerable success as both a visual artist and poet. He has performed in a wide…

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Inua Ellams image © Oliver Holms © 2015

Tara Arts

356 Garratt Lane
London
SW18 4ES

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Inua Ellams image © Oliver Holms © 2015

Tara Arts

356 Garratt Lane
London
SW18 4ES

See all events at Tara Arts