Culture That Made Me: Felispeaks on Yoruba culture and tales of the Irish famine
Nigerian-Irish poet Felispeaks is one of the participants in Culture Night.
The Nigerian-Irish poet Felicia Olusanya, 25, is known as Felispeaks. She was born in Nigeria and moved to Ireland – via France – when she was around eight years of age. After spending several months at Balseskin direct provision centre in Co Dublin, she settled in Longford Town until she went to university.
She is a regular performer on Ireland’s spoken word circuit and her poem For Our Mothers is on the Leaving Certificate English curriculum. Her poetic film Amongst Ourselves, which is based on workshops with three pairs of black African women and their Irish daughters, will be screened as part of Culture Night, at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, 5pm-7.30pm, Friday, September 17. See www.culturenight.ie
