Neusa Gomes

(Rotterdam, NL 1978) debuted as a spoken-word artist in 2015. She won the 2017 poetry category of the El Hizjra Literature Prize with the poem "Oorlog 'n Held" ("War 'n Hero") and the 2017 TEDX open mic Podium during the Being Connected event. She has appeared at events including SWOON, PaginaGroots, Spoken World and Lowlands. Gomes writes and speaks about religion, love, her background, nature, faith and humanism. She is also a songwriter and lecturer in word art. In the latter capacity she leads spoken-word workshops in secondary schools.