Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is a poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer. Identity, displacement, and destiny are recurring themes in his work, where he blends traditional African oral storytelling with contemporary poetics paint with pixel, texture with vector. He is the founder of The Midnight Run, and The Rhythm and Poetry party (The RAP Party) and founder of: The Midnight Run (an arts-filled, night-time, urban walking experience), The Rhythm and Poetry Party (The R.A.P Party) which celebrates live literature and music, and Poetry + Film / Hack (P+F/H) which celebrates poetry and film. Identity, Displacement & Destiny are recurring themes in his work, where he tries to mix the old with the new: traditional African oral storytelling with contemporary poetics, paint with pixel, texture with vector. His books are published by Flipped Eye, Akashic, Nine Arches, Penned In The Margins & Bloomsbury.