Caleb Femi

Caleb Femi (born 1990) is a Nigerian-British author, film-maker, photographer, and former young people's laureate for London.

Caleb Femi was born in 1990 in Kano, Nigeria,[1] where he was brought up by his grandmother.

[2] When he was seven years old, he moved to join his parents on the North Peckham Estate in London.

[3] After leaving school, he studied English at Queen Mary, University of London.

[4] On 30 July 2020, he published his debut poetry collection, entitled Poor,[5] which won the Forward Prize's Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection in October 2021.