Tolu' A. Akinyemi

Tolu A. Akinyemi is a multiple award-winning Nigerian writer and poet best known for his poetry collection, Dead Lions Don't Roar.

[12] Tolu’s poetry collection, Everybody Don Kolomental, has been used as a teaching resource to engage with medical students in discussions about mental health and well-being at the University of Benin/Teaching Hospital, Edo-State, Nigeria.

He was the guest poet at Havering Libraries Black History[14] Month event in October 2021 and has previously headlined at Woolwich Centre Library National Poetry Day event in October 2018; guest poet at The Stanza - an evening of poetry, spoken word, comedy, and live music on the Open Mic which held on the 31st of August 2023.

In September 2023, Tolu Akinyemi kicked off his inaugural poetry tour across the Northeast of England, commencing at The Cooking Pot in Baba Yaga House, Whitley Bay.

This was followed by an enthralling performance at Poetry Jam, hosted at the Waddington Street Centre in Durham, alongside several other noteworthy venues across the region.