She was recently awarded the Cultural Fellowship in Creative Writing/ Literary Art post at Leeds University. Malika was the first British poet to be a fellow at Cave Canem and the inaugural Poet in Residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has represented British writing internationally, both independently and with the British Council. Malika has also written for the stage and radio, and her poems are widely published in anthologies and journals. She has been shortlisted with Nine Nights (The Poetry Review) for 2017 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem