JJ Bola
J.J. Bola
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JJ Bola is a Kinshasa-born, British-French poet, writer and educator, based in London. He has written three collections of poetry as well as two novels, No Place to Call Home (2017) and The Selfless Act Of Breathing (2021), and a non-fiction book about masculinity and patriarchy for young people, Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined (2019). His writing explores themes of displacement and belonging.
Career
- 1986Born
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Kinshasa
- •Citizenship: United Kingdom
- •Known as: poet, writer, lecturer
What happened recently
Congolese-British Novelist JJ Bola’s The Selfless Art of Breathing Is Headed to Hollywood
Bron Acquires JJ Bola’s Novel ‘The Selfless Act Of Breathing’; Keenan Scott II To Adapt
Outspoken: JJ Bola & Natalie Fiennes, Pages of Hackney: ‘Sex education and masculinity treated with grace and humour’
Congolese Novelist JJ Bola in UN Facebook Live Conversation with Oscar Winner Cate Blanchett
After Selling Out at Writivism Festival, Is J.J. Bola's No Place To Call Home the Next Literary Sensation?
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