Aleja Taddesse is a writer and historian living in London. Her poetry touches on the themes of diaspora, Africa, womanhood, tradition, spirituality and religiosity. Her poems range from being introspective pieces to reimagined takes on ritualistic lore. They speak to the challenges of embracing identity on her own terms and the significance of place/belonging in a city whose diverse cultures are bound up with brutal, heavy histories of erasure and resistance.

Her recent dissertation on African Liberation Movements explores grassroots, radical organising in late 20th century. She hopes to continue working on understudied histories, in particular of anti-imperialist struggles within diaspora communities in Britain and elsewhere.