Sophia is an award-winning performance poet and author. From the age of 16, she has been captivating audiences with her unique blend of poetry and music, sending powerful messages on mental health, diversity, self-expression and wellbeing.
Her innovative approach to poetry inspires audiences from the stage at Glastonbury to TED Talks and mainstream TV and radio shows. She has been invited by Google, Accenture, The Guardian, The Royal Family, the Lib Dems and Labour parties, among others, to participate in events in this country and has performed in India, Ghana, Denmark and the USA.
In 2019 after finishing a speaking tour across high-schools in Ghana, she returned to London to fill both OMEARA and The Jazz Café, merging the sounds of poetry with afrobeats, jazz, neo-soul and Colombian reggae.
Her debut book Somebody Give This Heart a Pen was described as “uplifting, brave and quietly devastating” by The Stylist and her latest book Superheroes about inspiring stories of secret strength went straight to the bestseller list after launching.
She has recently been named in Forbes’ 30 under 30 for Arts and Culture within Europe for 2022 and performances at MTV’s Black History Month series and Viacom’s International Women’s day campaign won a number of film awards.