Feyiṣayo Aluko is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist hailing from Nigeria. She is best known for her audio poem Aisha which won the 2023 Independent Audio Fiction Award at The Tribeca Film Festival and her spoken word performances at numerous places including the Radio City Music Hall and the Lincoln Centre.  

Her work lies in the intersection between spoken and written language. She uses a blend of poeticism, oral history and music to create auditory experiences that explore themes of colonialism, migration, loss of language and womanhood. She received her BFA in writing from Pratt Institute where she focused on poetry and fiction. She is excited to dive deeper into the world of oral history at Columbia.