Gboyega Odubanjo (30 January 1996 – August 2023) was a British-Nigerian poet from East London, England.
Gboyega Odubanjo was born on 30 January 1996,[1][2] in London, England, where he also grew up.
[5] He was studying for a PhD in creative writing at the University of Hertfordshire at the time of his death.
The book revisits the unsolved murder of an unidentified black boy whose body was discovered in the River Thames in 2001.
[3][4] In August 2023, Odubanjo died in an accidental drowning at the Shambala Festival in Northamptonshire where he was due to perform.