Alim is is part of SPINE Festival 2024, along with an incredible team of poets they’ll be leading workshops and arts activities for children in Libraries and schools across London this Spring.
Describe yourself in 3 words…
Alim (means scholar), ‘quiet extrovert’
What inspires you?
It can feel like inspiration comes out of thin air, but I know it’s sparked by a galvanising combination of many elements: dreams, personal challenges, around the table conversations, something another artist shared with me, memories, something I’ve read or learned. Maybe just maybe, something I share may even inspire someone to keep going.
Tell us about your worst ever gig?
First artist to arrive at an event, but got put on stage last when the venue lights on and people were leaving.
What’s your number one poetry pet peeve?
Cliches.
Whose words do you love at the moment?
Black Thought – The Roots.
What piece of advice would you give to your younger self?
Put the work out there – there’s an audience waiting beyond these four walls.
How do you relate to the themes of magic & imagination?
My power facilitates the transportation of people to other worlds. I live with magic and imagination.
What do you enjoy most about working with children, families and libraries?
Their laughter, their ‘aha!’ moments, when I see in their faces that the impossible becomes possible, and witnessing a confidence shift within them.
About Alim Kamara
Over the past 20 years, the founder of Storie Storie Alim has taught workshops, run assemblies, delivered presentations, and performed at hundreds of schools across London, the UK and globally – including India, Sierra Leone, Dubai, USA, Peru, Amsterdam, Mexico, Kenya, and Canada. At least 50,000 boys and girls have witnessed and been impacted by Alim’s creative stories. His high-energy delivery and thought-provoking poems and fables have taught children and young people the importance of self-esteem, creative expression, identity, culture and history.
However Alim’s impacts goes beyond the classroom. Working with prestigious institutions such as Ministry of Defence, Channel 4, and Amnesty International, he uses the old age craft of the spoken word to empower leaders and promote inclusive societies.
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