Patience Agbabi

Patience Agbabi was born in 1965. She was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford and the Performance Poetry Scene, London. She lives in London and works as a writer, performance poet and workshop coordinator in the UK and abroad. Gecko Press publishes her book R.A.W., a collection of her poetry.

Sharp and uncompromising, Patience Agbabi articulates a 90's culture.

She moves fluidly between belongings, defying any easy definitions of 'Black' and 'female'. Musically inspired, Patience Agbabi refines and redefines language, taking influences from sources as varied as rap, punk, ska and blues, along with the work of other poets such as Benjamin Zephaniah and Merle Collins.

Patience Agbabi has performed extensively from Johannesburg to Hamburg, and all over the UK. Her poetry has appeared on BBC2, Radio 5 and the Jazz/Poetry album One Hell Of A Storm, Tongue & Groove. It has also been published in several magazines, journals and anthologies, including The Virago Book Of Wicked Verse, Virago Press Ltd.

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