Adebola Afolabi Biography

Born Adebola Afolabi – Business Consultant, Poet, Poetographer and Spoken Word Artist.
REZthaPoet delves into different cultural and artistic shifts by using the spoken word poetry genre to educate, engage and entertain a growing and displaced middle class. His most recent chapbook, “Beautiful, One” (2018) , is a bold collection of poems that share experiences on love, sensuality, and lust as a departure from cultural silences. Exposit (2015) , his Spoken Word album, embodies a beautiful hybrid of language, traditional folklore, transatlantic artistic developments and an accessible poetic content. He has graced several stages in Nigeria and across Africa for over eleven years. He has also worked on collaborative art projects with visual artists and music artists.

REZthaPoet performed at the Kwani Open Mic (Nairobi) event in February,2018. He also performed at A Local Act for Peace, a one-day cause festival championing peace in the world. The event showcased artists and artistes in Sweden, US and Nigeria which was simultaneously beamed across three locations; Stockholm, New York, and Lagos. He has been featured in major culture events like SpokenWord Paris (France) , and Lingua Franca (South Africa) . REZ has also been a panellist, guest, and performer at the Lagos Books and Arts Festival, the Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFEST) and the Lagos Biennial Festival (with outSPOKEN) .