Raised in Tottenham, North London, Zena Edwards has become known as one the most unique voices of performance poetry to come out of London.
She is published in several anthologies including Dance the Guns to Silence (Flippedeye publishing).
Her passion involves writing poems, articles and blogs for social and environmental issues, race and power and has been mentoring young and emerging artists in professional artists development and creative campaigning for social justice since 2010.
As a multidisciplinary collaborator, Zena has worked with internationally acclaimed choreographer and dancer Akram Khan (Xenos), Visual Artist – Theaster Gates (Soul Manufacturing Company) and radical Film Maker Fahim Alam, (Riots Reframed), and The Last Poets.