LOCKDOWN JOURNAL 2.1: Say It With Your Chest
On a freezing cold Sunday afternoon I met up with Abdullah Adekola for a socially distanced walk through Middleton Woods where we discussed his ‘Say It With Your Chest’ project: A black-led poetry collective.
On our perambulations we talked about politics and pandemics, families, backgrounds and Black Lives Matter amongst many other things . . . We also discussed the wide ranging possibilities of a project at or with BasementArtsProject.
Of course the pandemic and it’s restrictions keep rolling on, and we do have a programme that has so far been delayed by a year to realise, which we will, but lets just say WATCH THIS SPACE as we develop ideas with Abdullah and look forward to a time in the, very hopefully, near future, in which we can all sit down together, view art, enjoy poetry and talk once more face to face.
In the meantime here is an interview with Abdullah on another South Leeds based platform called ‘Light on Leeds’.
Abdullah Adekola is a writer based in Leeds.
He is co-founder of 'Say It With Your Chest' - a Black-led poetry and creative platform.
Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/adekolapoetry/?hl=en
Buy his poetry pamphlet https://adekola.bigcartel.com/