WHO IS BRISBON?
Brisbon Kofi (he/him) – the pen name of stage and voice actor Cameron Bernard Jones – is a London-based poet and creative writer originally from New York City. His writing explores nature's elements, sex, love, trauma, and freedom through the lens of modern-day Western culture, keeping themes of black male homosexuality, African diaspora culture, and spirituality at its core.Featured work includes: “Black” for AZ Magazine during UK Black History Month 2018; and “Clock” for the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre during LGBTQ+ History Month 2020. His first audiovisual poetry collection – The Healing Section, a collection of poetic pieces put to song, photography and motion picture – was released in the spring of 2020. For UK Black Pride's 15th Anniversary Celebration Brisbon Kofi was featured in the Ogilvy digital campaign "This Is Me, This Is Home". In December 2020 HAÜS Magazine published a 6-piece editorial of his poetry and collage visual artwork for their Issue #04 Vol. 2 ‘Political Issues’.
THE HEALING SECTION
The Healing Section is the debut poetry collection from London-based poet Brisbon Kofi. It explores themes ranging from love, lust and loss to acceptance, deliverance and pride, all through the lens of a gay black man in today's society. Collaborations include music with Serjo De Lua (Keys of Moon Music here on Soundcloud) and speech with Taj Shareef.
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