Main content
The Essay Poetic Provocations Episodes Available now
- All
- Available now (5)
- Next on (0)

Carrots
Inua Ellams explores how African barber shops provide spaces where men can be vulnerable.

Sunflowers
A very personal exploration of poetic starting points from writer Inua Ellams.

Dante
Inua Ellams explores why basketball is so alive in black and working-class communities.

Kipling
Inua explores race and racism through Kipling's poem The White Man's Burden.

Tupac
Inua Ellams explores the impact of rapper 2Pac on his political and racial awareness.