United Kingdom
Famous Poet and Writer
Warsan Shire is not only a writer and poet, she is a teacher too. Born in Kenya to Somali parents, she immigrated to the United Kingdom where she got a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing. She writes about people who are generally not heard. Refugees and immigrants are two examples.
“I tore up and ate my own passport in an airport hotel. I’m bloated with language I can’t afford to forget,” she said, implying how a single piece of paper decides over the human rights of someone.
Beyoncé even used her poetry in her visual album “Lemonade”.
