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The Mission – Akeim Toussant Buck

BLF were privileged to have Joelle Taylor back at the festival in 2025. Here is “C+nto”, you can watch even more poetry on the Bradford Lit Fest YouTube channel.

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About the Poet

Akeim Toussaint Buck

Akeim Toussaint Buck is an interdisciplinary performer and maker, born in Jamaica and raised in England. Graduating from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2014, his choreographic work includes: Snakebox’s PLAY, Windows of Displacement, Reckoning, Sib Y Osis, Beatmotion, Souls & Cells. Film work includes Galvanise & Displaced. Akeim’s work has been supported by Yorkshire Dance, Leeds Playhouse, Leeds Inspired, Geraldine Connor Foundation, the Arts Foundation Futures Award, IRIE! Dance Theatre, Spin Arts, RJC, Deda, Fabric, Streatham Space Project, Serendipity, NSCD, Sadlers Wells and Arts Council England and more.