*Join us for the Opening Night of this year's MixTape Poetry Festival, bringing together London's burgeoning open mic and spoken word poetry communities over five days of events!* **KOFI ACHINA** London-based writer, spoken-word artist & England Poetry Slam Chamption. Kofi has performed at exhibitions and has hosted & featured at poetry nights across London including Process, Spit, Tequila & Poetry, Storytime London, Love Supreme Festival, Off The Chest and is a firm friend of The MixTape Poetry Festival. Kofi is the founder and host of the spoken-word fundraiser @heart.ofthe.community **BELLA COX** British-Spanish performance poet, writer, and creative practitioner whose work explores identity, intimacy, and the politics of belonging. Drawing on a multicultural upbringing across Europe and Africa, her poetry moves between personal narrative & collective experience - centering queer identity, relationships & the body as a site of memory and power. **MO HASSAN** British-Sudanese policy advisor, storyteller & writer whose passion for human connection has led him to interview hundreds of people across the world – from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the subways of New York. He has served in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit at Number 10 Downing Street and now helps the UK negotiate free trade agreements. Mo’s work explores the power of stories to shift perspectives and amplify underrepresented voices. His work sits at the intersection of identity, politics, and language.