Salmah Salam Oiza

(She/Her)

Salmah Salam Oiza is a Nigerian writer and poet based in Birmingham, UK, whose work seeks to resist the dangers of the single story. Her debut poetry pamphlet, Foreign in a Long-Familiar Leap Year (2024), chronicles her leap year marked by migration and questions of belonging and has resonated widely with readers home and abroad.

Website: dearsalmah.co.uk

Instagram: @dearsalmah

Work by Salmah

Becoming

Blood Rituals

The Earth Has Already Counted You