"Poet of Peckham" Caleb Femi Explores Masculinity and Mental Health in a Fraternal Dance Project

'Hailed as an authentic voice for a new generation of British youth, poet, photographer, and filmmaker Caleb Femi purges out anger, frustration, and sorrow in a new project exploring masculinity and mental health. “Again & Again centers escapism into fantasy as a method of self-care, self-development and celebrates young men coming together to create a support system by and for one another,” says Femi, whose debut 2020 poetry collection Poor explores the trials, tribulations, dreams, and joys of young Black boys in twenty-first-century Peckham, South London. “I wanted to place an emphasis on this celebration because historically the emotional labor of unpacking and processing emotions has been shared—even carried—by other members of society”.' --NOWNESS