Lavie Olupona

Lavie Olupona, is a Nigerian–Irish Traveller spoken word poet from Cork, Ireland.  In 2022, Lavie was invited to the Dail to share her poem ‘Let our Voices be heard’. To date, she was selected along with 14 other teenage writers, for the Edna O’ Brien Bursary ( Young Writers Award).  She has also performed at Misleor (festival of Nomadic Cultures), Many tongues of Cork, Africa Day Cork and the Outsiders Club’Let the Pen Speak’ events. She likes to write about her rich heritage, issues facing young people today and (slightly exaggerated) romance.