JJ Bola
Biography
Bibliography
Biography
born in Kinshasa, fled to London at the age of six and still lives there today. So far, he has published three collections of poems, a novel, and a non-fiction book on masculinity and patriarchy. Bola worked as a social worker for young people with mental health problems for several years. He supports projects that raise public awareness about the human rights situation in the Congo. He is also a UNHCR ambassador and was invited to the Davos Economic Forum in 2018 as a former refugee.
Bibliography
Elevate
African Renaissance Publishing
London, 2012
No Place to Call Home
OWNIT!
London, 2017
Sei kein Mann
Warum Männlichkeit ein Albtraum für Jungs ist
hanserblau
Berlin, 2020
[Ü: Malcolm Ohanwe]
