KODJO YENGA TRUST WORKSHOP

In March 2007, Kodjo Yenga, a refugee from Congo and a popular A-level student, was stabbed to death in Hammersmith.

he was chased down the street by a gang armed with knives, bats and a pit bull terrier who were shouting "kill him, kill him".

and was left dying in his girlfriend's arms after being stabbed.

As passers-by tried to help, the gang of around a dozen, some of them in their school uniforms, ran away laughing.

His mother Ladjua Lesele said her son's killers would always have "blood on their hands".

She added in a statement to the court: "I stand before you as a broken mother whose prayers, dreams and hopes for the bright future of her beloved son were cruelly and needlessly crushed when he was brutally murdered.

Kodjo Yenga Trust is a charity that was set up help eradicate violence on london streets.

Workshop At Highbury and Islington College. working with young people and getting them to interact in a positive way. Johnny Wright AKA XYM gave a great talk to the kids speaking of his life experiences and incorporating music, hip hop and film to keep the students engaged for over an hour and act ually encouraged one of the students to want to become an actor. Below are somepiucs from the event and a snippet of video of one of XYM,s classic freestyle where he asks the students to pick any topic or word and he will rap about it. Enjoy!

XYM with some of the tutors from Highbury and Islington College