Afrikan History Week

Nicholas Makoha is a dynamic writer and poet who was born in Uganda and has lived in Kenya, Saudi Arabia and currently resides in London. He has presented his work at many international events and toured for the British Council in Finland, Czech Republic, the US and the Netherlands. Nick is the director of the Youth Poetry Network through which he provides a charismatic and responsive approach to workshop facilitation in schools. As a former NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) mentor, he is an ongoing advocate of young people wishing to work in the Arts and Media. Educational workshops for young people will be offered that explore heroes, self-esteem and relationships to encourage confidence and to think of the purpose of male role models in society. Mokoha will present a one-man theatre show on the opening night of this year’s Afrikan History Week: “My Father and other Superheroes: An allegory for fathers and sons.” The show is one man’s honest revelation of how pop culture raised him in the absence of his father. We follow Nick’s journey of memory as he discovers what it takes for a man to become a hero. About Nick Makoha: He drops a succession of interwoven one-liners so deep that every longitude ever imagined begins to shiver with insecurity X-Bout Magazine, http://www.x-bout.com www.nickmakoha.com Nicholas Makoha is a dynamic writer and poet who was born in Uganda and has lived in Kenya, Saudi Arabia and currently resides in London. He has presented his work at many international events and toured for the British Council in Finland, Czech Republic, the US and the Netherlands. Nick is the director of the Youth Poetry Network through which he provides a charismatic and responsive approach to workshop facilitation in schools. As a former NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) mentor, he is an ongoing advocate of young people wishing to work in the Arts and Media. Educational workshops for young people will be offered that explore heroes, self-esteem and relationships to encourage confidence and to think of the purpose of male role models in society. Mokoha will present a one-man theatre show on the opening night of this year’s Afrikan History Week: “My Father and other Superheroes: An allegory for fathers and sons.” The show is one man’s honest revelation of how pop culture raised him in the absence of his father. We follow Nick’s journey of memory as he discovers what it takes for a man to become a hero. About Nick Makoha: He drops a succession of interwoven one-liners so deep that every longitude ever imagined begins to shiver with insecurity X-Bout Magazine, http://www.x-bout.com www.nickmakoha.com