Jaliya The Bird

Jaliya The Bird

Jaliya The Bird

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Currently working on:

Wounds, a spoken word collection EP of 7 songs.


Quick Facts:

My first spoken word film, Idle Worship received the Best Spoken Word Film award at the Realtime International Film Festival in April 2020, an Honourable Mention at the Festival de Cortometraje Universitario in November 2020, and has screened at various poetry film festivals such as the Zebra Poetry Film Festival, the World Poetry Slam, and the Weimar Poetry Film Festival.


Further, I conduct interviews for Africa in Dialogue.

Three relevant works from the last 5 years of artistic practice:

  • Idle Worship — spoken word film directed by Ariel Casimiro, Luanda, December 2019.
  • Loss, Disrutption, Home — a film shot by Mwana Pwo through a collaboration with Mwana, Lillianne Kiame, Tila Likunzi, Iris B. Chocolate, comissioned by Goethe Institut Angola. Luanda, August 2022
  • Loss, Disruption, Home- performance in Berlin, October 2022

Highest educational degree:

BA International Relations