The New Carthaginians

Shortlisted for the 2025 T. S. Eliot Prize

“With The New Carthaginians, Nick Makoha overhauls poetry of witness for a new generation.”

Greg PardloPulitzer Prize-winning poet of Digest
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An extraordinary poetic journey exploring themes of migration and identity.

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THE NEW CARTHAGINIANS

”In this book, Nick Makoha has found an otherworldly, visionary voice and diction that arrest you from the first page and never let you go.

Jason Allen-PaisantWinner of the TS Eliot Prize
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ABOUT

NICK MAKOHA

Nick Makoha is a poet, playwright, and founder of the Obsidian Foundation. His work explores themes of exile, identity, and the African diaspora.

His latest book, The New Carthaginians, was shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize and is set to make waves in the literary world.

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The New Carthaginians Tour

16.02.2025
The Verve Poetry Festival
BIRMINGHAM
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20.02.2025
The Coronet Theatre
London, Event LAUNCH w/ Ekow Eshun & Roger Robinson
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24.02.2025
Toppings & Co Booksellers
Edinburgh
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26.02.2025
Goldsmiths Writers' Centre
Goldsmiths University
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26.02.2025
Hay Festival Book Club online
Hay-on-Wye, Wales
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17.03.2025
5x15: Live at The Tabernacle
London, The Tabernacle
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21.03.2025
Timelines,- World Poetry Day
White City House London
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21.03.2025
March National Poetry Day
London, The National Gallery
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28.03.2025
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, North Carolina
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03.04.2025
Out-Spoken: April
Southbank Centre - London
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05.04.2025
Platform Conference
The Curve Leicester
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20.04.2025
Culture Matters
The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
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28.04.2025
Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota
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08.05.2025
NCACE Collection Spring Showcase
Online
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16-17.05.2025
Ireland Poetry Festival
Cork, Ireland
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21.05.2025
Jawdance
Rich Mix, London
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31.05.2025
Hay Festival
Hay-on-Wye, Wales
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4.07.2025
Ledbury Festival
Ledbury. Herefordshire
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5.07.2025
Ledbury Festival
Ledbury. Herefordshire
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11.08.2025
Edinburgh Book Festival
Edinburgh. Scotland
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15-17 .08.2025
Kampala Writes Literature Festival
Kampala. Uganda
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21.09.2025
Festival of Encounters
Van Gogh House, London
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25.09.2025
Chicago Transatlantic.
Poetry Foundation, Chicago
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28.09.2025
Artist Blueprint Chicago
Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago
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08.10.2025
In Conversation with Kwame Dawes
Poetry Africa, Durban
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09.10.2025
Architecture of Social Justice 2
Poetry Africa, Durban
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11.10.2025
National Slam Competition Finale
Poetry Africa, Durban
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18.10.2025
Reframing the Gaze - The Black Ekphrastic Mode Workshop
Manchester Poetry Library
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18.10.2025
Cabaret for Freedom
St John's Church , Manchester
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19.10.2025
Cave Canem’s Poets Corner
Barbican Centre London
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02.11.2025
Poetry London: Autumn Readings
RFH Southbank Centre, London
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10.11.2025
An evening with Nick Makoha
Curio Bookshop, Oxford
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22.11.2025
Beyond The Page: EKPHRASTIC POETRY Masterclass
The Pleasance, Edinburgh
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23.11.2025
RE-IMAGINING THE HERO’S JOURNEY: LUKE KENNARD & NICK MAKOHA
The Pleasance, Edinburgh
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01.02.2026
New Generation African Poets reading
Zoom
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13.03.2026
StAnza You Are Not Alone: festival opening night
Byre: Auditorium St Andrews, Fife
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14.03.2026
StAnza Bards & Blether: Anthony Joseph & Nick Makoha
Byre: Auditorium St Andrews, Fife
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19.04.2026
2026 Barnsbury Book Festival
Jean Stokes Centre, London
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04.07.2026
Lolwe Academy Prose Poetry masterclass Nick Makoha
Online
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