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Poet and playwright Inua Ellams was born in Nigeria in 1984 and moved to London with his family as a child. In 2009 his debut play, The 14th Tale, won a Fringe First at the Edinburgh festival. His latest play, The Half God of Rainfall, set between south-west Nigeria and Mount Olympus, opened earlier this year. In 2018, Ellams was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. After two sell-out runs at the National Theatre in London and a world tour, his hit 2017 play, Barber Shop Chronicles, is at the Roundhouse, London, until 24 August.
