Caleb Femi

Jan 13, 2025 | documentjournal.com | Caleb Femi

In this exclusive excerpt from the writer and filmmaker’s forthcoming poetry collection, the underground shoob scene reveals itself minute by minute 10.45 p.m.DEFINITIONshoobs/shobeen/shubz/shobinsynonyms:faaji, groove, bashment, house party, owambeAn institution for flightnot to be confused with an airport. The oldest community project. Think of it as a global summit or a conference on tax[avoidance]. A swap-meet for delusions.

Sep 6, 2024 | thebritishblacklist.co.uk | Tamika Mitchell |Caleb Femi |Diane Abbott

Our selection of books this month includes releases from Laura Henry-Allain MBE, comedian, actor and writer Lenny Henry, legendary female hip-hop artist Eve and Tennis champion Venus Williams for you to add to your reading list. Black Arsenal edited by Clive Chijioke Nwonka Arsenal is special. Its multicultural fandom reflects a changing city and a unique relationship with Black British popular culture.

Sep 4, 2024 | i-d.co | Caleb Femi

How does fantasy manifest on the dance floor? That’s a question that Caleb Femi – director, artist and award-winning poet of Poor –  asks with his new collection The Wickedest. Where the characters we met in 2020’s Poor used fantasy as a way to reimagine their surroundings – turning dank, dark concrete into a technicolor playground – the words of Caleb’s new collection are curled up in the small, secret corners of a legendary house party.

Jul 17, 2023 | dazeddigital.com | Caleb Femi

Recess is a staple of Black British nightlife and beyond, throwing events from Accra to Ibiza, and for their 100th party they took over Dreamland for #RECESSLAND. Watch it here – plus, read Caleb Femi’s interview with founders Jojo and David Sonubi17July 2023 This article is taken from the summer 2023 issue of Dazed:OK, so you’re a young Black person looking for a lit night in London. When you consider your options, Recess should be somewhere high on your list.

Mar 28, 2023 | morningstaronline.co.uk | Caleb Femi

You will be four minutes from homewhen you are cornered by an officerwho will tell you of a robbery, fortyminutes ago in the area. You fitthe description of a man? – You’ll laugh. Thirteen, you’ll tell him: you’re thirteen. You’ll be patted on the shoulder, then, by another fedwhose face takes you back to Gloucester Primary School,a Wednesday assembly about being little stars.