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JJ Bola is a Kinshasa-born, British writer and poet,[1] based in London. He has written three collections of poetry as well as two novels, No Place to Call Home and The Selfless Act Of Breathing, and a non-fiction book about masculinity and patriarchy for young people, Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined.[2]

Life and work

Bola was born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] He migrated to London with his parents at the age of six.[3] He was a basketball player as a teenager, competing in national-level tournaments.[2][3]

Bola spent many years as a youth worker, working with young people with behavioural and mental health problems.[2] He currently works for several projects to raise awareness about the human rights situation in Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]

Publications

Publications by Bola

• No Place to Call Home: Love, Loss, Belonging!. Own It!, 2017. ISBN 978-0995458925.
• Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined. Outspoken. Pluto, 2019. ISBN 978-0745338743.[4]
• The Selfless Act Of Breathing. Dialogue, 2021. ISBN 978-0349702070.[5]

Poetry books by Bola

• Elevate (2012)
• Daughter of the Sun (2014)
• Word (2015)
• Refuge (2018) – a collection, comprising Word, Daughter of the Sun and Elevate

Publications with contributions by Bola

• Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space. London: Trapeze, 2019. Edited by Derek Owusu. ISBN 978-1409182634. Bola contributes a chapter, "Rapper, Actor, Athlete – Other".[6]

See also

• Category:Feminist terminology

References

External links

• Official website
• Bola recites poetry at TEDxExeter

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