Randell Adjei is a Canadian poet who was named in April 2021 as the first
Poet Laureate of Ontario
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Primarily a spoken word poet, Adjei published his debut book ''I Am Not My Struggles'' in 2018. He is also the founder and creative director of R.I.S.E. (Reaching Intelligent Souls Everywhere), an arts organization and talent incubator for young writers and musicians of colour in the
Toronto
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area.
Adjei was born in
Ghana
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and raised in
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Ontario
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Adjei performed a spoken word piece on the 2021 ''
CBC Arts
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