JJ Bola

JJ Bola is a writer, poet, and UNHCR Ambassador. He is the author of three poetry collections-- Elevate , Daughter of the Sun , and WORD --which were later all published in one definitive collection called Refuge ; a novel, No Place Like Home ; and Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined , which exposes masculinity as a socially-conditioned performance. He was one of Spread the Word's Flight Associates 2017 and a Kit de Waal Scholar for the Birkbeck University MA in Creative Writing. As a former...See more

JJ Bola is a writer, poet, and UNHCR Ambassador. He is the author of three poetry collections-- Elevate , Daughter of the Sun , and WORD --which were later all published in one definitive collection called Refuge ; a novel, No Place Like Home ; and Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined , which exposes masculinity as a socially-conditioned performance. He was one of Spread the Word's Flight Associates 2017 and a Kit de Waal Scholar for the Birkbeck University MA in Creative Writing. As a former refugee, JJ Bola was invited to the Davos Economic Forum 2018 and held a discussion with Cate Blanchett. JJ reads, speaks, gives workshops, and performs around the world. He currently resides in London, England. See less