Eric Ngalle

Eric Ngalle Charles is a Cameroonian writer, poet and playwright, and human rights activist based in Wales. A PhD researcher at King’s College London, he was awarded a Creative Wales Award 2017 for his work on the topics of migration, trauma and memory. His autobiography I, Eric Ngalle: One Man's Journey Crossing Continents from Africa to Europe (2019) recounts his journey to Europe, spending several years in Russia and elsewhere seeking refuge. He sits on boards at Literature Wales and Aberystwyth Arts Centre and edited Hiraeth Erzolirzoli: A Wales-Cameroon Anthology (2018). His poetry Collection Homelands Seren Books (2022) was published in April. His reaction to the war in Ukraine can be found at https://writersmosaic.org.uk/close-up/war-and-racism-blacks-in-ukraine.