Album Review: ‘Gilles Peterson Presents…Sonzeira: Brasil Bam Bam Bam’
Dear Reader, I crave your indulgence in allowing me a very smug and pedantic pre-review whinge. All this intense interest in Brazilian culture in…
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Miles Morland Foundation Scholarships for writers of African Heritage: Deadline 31.10.14
The Miles Morland Foundation is a charity which supports culture and education in Africa, particularly the continent’s literature. In recognition of the financial challenges…
The Top Ten Black Goalkeepers of All Time
I remember hanging out with some friends at a local football centre (Pitz Super Soccer, Sheffield) once, and one of the older teams needed…
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Album Review: ‘Gilles Peterson Presents…Sonzeira: Brasil Bam Bam Bam’
Dear Reader, I crave your indulgence in allowing me a very smug and pedantic pre-review whinge. All this intense interest in Brazilian culture in…
Miles Morland Foundation Scholarships for writers of African Heritage: Deadline 31.10.14
The Miles Morland Foundation is a charity which supports culture and education in Africa, particularly the continent’s literature. In recognition of the financial challenges…
Review: Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
Upon entering the theatre, wooden, hand-painted signs in English and Afrikaans direct whites and non-whites to separate seating areas – a segregation enforced by…
The Traveller: An Ode to Earl Klugh
It is the late 1980s. I’m a child in Tokyo, spending quiet weekday afternoons wandering modern and sparsely populated department stores, whilst my Dad…
Island Voices Launch, George Padmore Institute, London 29.07.14
Le Paris Noir – Notes From An Afropean Tour Guide in The City of Light
My name is Kévi Donat and three years ago by coincidence I became a tour guide. I was an apprentice civil servant and seemed…
The Top Ten Black Goalkeepers of All Time
I remember hanging out with some friends at a local football centre (Pitz Super Soccer, Sheffield) once, and one of the older teams needed…
Afropean Style: Thrifting with Dualleh Abdulrahman
Self-made fashionista Dualleh Abdulrahman is both Afropean in heritage and style. A designer, photographer and stylist, Dualleh talks to Tommy Evans about how he…
We Still Miss Mike
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Broadening the Gaze: African & Diaspora Travel Writing in the 21st Century, 12.07.14, London
Broadening the Gaze: African & Diaspora Travel Writing in the 21st Century Saturday 12 July, 15:30 – 16:30 BL Conference Centre, FREE Panel discussion…