Nick Makoha

Nick Makoha, PhD, is a Ugandan poet, playwright, and the founder of the Obsidian Foundation. His collections include The New Carthaginians (Penguin Books UK, 2025) and his debut collection, Kingdom of Gravity (Peepal Tree Press, 2017) which was shortlisted for 2017 the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection and was one of the Guardian’s best books of that year. Dr. Makoha won the 2021 Ivan Juritz Prize and the 2021 Poetry London Prize. His poems have appeared in The Cambridge Review, the New York Times, Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, The Rialto, Poetry London, TriQuarterly, Five Dials, Boston Review, Callaloo, Birmingham Lit Journal, and Wasafiri. Dr. Makoha is based in London.