POET POET

Joni - I’m a poet, artist, community organiser, zine maker and broadcaster born and based in Boorloo! I grew up in the poetry, music and activist communities of Perth and I’ve been kicking around making my own stuff since 2012. I’ve performed and published far and wide with my po- etry and run a huge range of legal and illegal music and poetry nights. I’m a proud trans woman and advocate for the trans community.

As a young woman living in Perth, Vuma has always found herself engaging with the stories around her as a form of entertainment, learning and to gain empa- thy. She is an emerging writ- er and avid storyteller. Her work has been published in SBS Voices, Black Ballad UK, and the Centre for Stories anthology, Under the Paving Stones, the Beach. Vuma can be found on Instagram, @diaspora_reader. Her love for community lead her to start her Book Club, @afroheritagebookclub – a space for Africans living in Australia to engage with the works of Black writers from the African continent and throughout the African diaspora.

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Mohammed ‘Ayo Busari’ (He/Him) is a Nigerian-born award-winning Creative Director, Visual Artist, Writer, Community Curator & Performer who is the founder and lead creative of TAB Family. Previously living and working in Nigeria and the UK, he is now based in Boorloo. As a creative artist, Ayo Busari, alongside his alter-ego, ‘Yoruba Daddy’, are all about capturing moments and memories through words, images, and sounds. Whether it be photography, filmmaking, music-making, designing, live performances or writing. He’s an all- around multidisciplinary creative, expressing himself through these different art forms and genres. Ayo has exhibited his art at the Cool Change Contemporary, the first being part of the Soul Alphabet artists for their ‘Project 54’ Project in September 2021, the second being part of the TAB Family’s ‘This is Family’ Project From April-May 2022 and the most recent This is Family Exhibition in July 2023 at Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery. He has also performed as a spoken word artist, musician and DJ at multiple venues including Fremantle Arts Centre, State Theatre Centre of WA, The Bird, Story Lounge – Centre For Stories, Pigeonhole, Cool Change Contemporary, The Sewing Room, Rosemount Hotel, Paper Mountain, The Rechabite, Mojos Bar, Sonar Room, Freo Social and more. His writings and visuals have been published on the second print edition of Pulch Mag, as well as various online magazines, blogs and websites including Grok Magazine (AUS), Pulch Mag (AUS) Trident Media (UK), Lucid Lemons (NG), Awe Lagos (NG), Native Mag (UK & NG) and many others.

Rushil D’cruz (aka SUSHI) is a rap artist and writer based in Boorloo. He began working in hip-hop in 2017 and in the Boorloo live music scene from 2019 to 2021. His work deals with ideas of mythology, reli- gion and humanity’s place in the natural world and draws inspiration from industrial hip-hop and metal.