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Anum Iyapo

Contains 3 performances.

Anum Iyapo was a poet, illustrator and graphic designer who was associated with OBAALA, the Organisation for Black Arts Advancement and Leisure/Learning Activities, of which Shakka Dedi was a principal member.

Taken from http://new.diaspora-artists.net/display_item.php?id=32&table=artists

He released Song of the Motherland in 1985.  see https://www.discogs.com/Anum-A-Iyapo-Song-Of-The-Motherland/release/7440644

  • Southwark Arts Festival: Akira Press Poets

    Southwark Arts Festival: Akira Press Poets

    22 June 1985 at 
    Bells Gardens Community Centre (London - Southwark) (1)
  • Anti-Apartheid Benefit

    Anti-Apartheid Benefit

    4 September 1985 at 
    Southbank Centre (29)
    Apart from the great line-up and the great cause, this show surely boasts the best take on the ‘apple/snake’ motif to have graced an Apples & Snakes flyer. The circularity and the black/white symbolism are entirely appropriate, and that ‘apple of the eye’ is a touch of genius.
  • Akimbo, Ian McMillan, Anum Iyapo, Ayanna Sala

    Akimbo, Ian McMillan, Anum Iyapo, Ayanna Sala

    09 November 1985 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
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