WPGM Commentary: I’m Mixed Race, Can I Speak On Black Issues?
My best friend turned to me, over seven years into our friendship and said “omg, you’re actually half black”. You…
Sophia Thakur
Whether it’s her mysterious charm or ridiculously engaging stage presence, Sophia Thakur can hold an audience, on and off the page. Two Ted Talks and over 300 stages later she has earned the right to be called Spoken Words sweetheart by MTV and Channel 4. Sophia has been touring up and down the country since the tender age of 16, surprising audiences of hundreds of people, and moving an online audience to tears daily. 12,000 subscribers and 800,000 views later, she still strives to write even more openly, even more honestly and even more vulnerably. So whether it’s her Hip-Hop inspired storytelling, or enchanting love poems…you’ll always find one way on another to connect to Sophia Thakur.