Meet Siana Bangura [pronounced ‘see-anna’], a multi-award winning writer, producer, performer, curator, and community organiser, hailing from South East London, currently living, working, and creating between London and the West Midlands.
Siana is the founder and former editor of the Black British Feminist platform, No Fly on the WALL; she is the author of the critically acclaimed debut collection, ‘Elephant’, a book of poetry meditating on Black British womanhood and life growing up in London; the producer of ‘1500 & Counting’, a documentary film investigating deaths in custody and police brutality in the UK; the founder of Courageous Films, a social-justice focused documentary production house; and Producer at Siana Bangura Productions, a creative studio focusing on curating work, events and multi-layered experiences across the arts with care and intention. She is also co-founder and co-curator of the Sierra Leone Arts & Culture Festival (SLACfest).
As a playwright, Siana’s recent works include the play ‘Swim, Aunty, Swim!’, which was named Best New Play at the UK Theatre Awards and recognised at the Black British Theatre Awards 2024.
A multi-disciplinary leader, Siana works and campaigns on issues of race, class, and gender and their intersections and is currently working on projects focusing on climate justice, the arms trade, Tech Justice, and state violence. Her work has featured in publications such as The Guardian, The Metro, Evening Standard, Black Ballad, Consented, Green European Journal, The Fader, and Dazed as well as the 'Loud Black Girls' anthology, presented by Slay In Your Lane.
Across her vast portfolio of work, Siana’s mission is to help move voices and experiences traditionally marginalised, from the margins, to the centre.
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www.sianabangura.com
The Sierra Leone Arts & Culture Festival (SLACfest) 2025 is coming to Theatre Peckham from Friday 31st October - Sunday 2nd November
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