Princess Arinola Adegbite

Princess Arinola Adegbite is a poet, performance artist, Author of Soft Tortures, Factory International, Youth Music, and MOBO Help Musicians funded musician and filmmaker from Manchester. Bitez is also a member of Young Identity and The Writing Squad. She is a winner of Slambassadors, BBC Words First 2020, Slam-O-Vision Manchester Champion 2021, Manchester Young Creative of The Year 2021, and Castlefield Gallery Associates Prize 2022. Her short film ‘Mother Messiah’ won a United Nations Sustainability Award in 2022. She’s also a winner of Grooveverse Poetry and Jazz Slam 2023. Her in-progress poetry collection ‘Algorithms of Meaning’ won an Eric Gregory Award from The Society of Authors in 2023.

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