Caleb Femi is a poet, photographer and filmmaker of Nigerian heritage. Born in Kano State, Nigeria, Femi moved to Peckham, London, when he was seven years old to join his parents in the UK. Before making a career as a poet, Femi graduated from Kings College London and worked as a teacher at a school in Tottenham. After performing onstage and winning several Slams, in 2016, Femi was elected Young People’s Poet Laureate for London, a role that worked across the capital with young people on a range of poetry-development activities. His first full-length collection, Poor, which centres the North Peckham estate where he grew up, was published in 2020 and won that year’s Forward Prize for Best First Collection. He describes the collection as ‘an endeavour to articulate the lives and times of my community of North Peckham.’