Culture

Big Words: The Cost of Linguistic Range in Black Speech – Part I

Have you ever noticed how certain folk of African descent speak so eloquently? There’s a tendency, in ordinary conversations, to grammatically embellish speech with colourful,

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Narratives

Highlights from the Elsa V. Goveia Memorial Speaker Series – ‘Haiti’s “Double-Debt”: From Commemoration to Reparation’ by Prof. Charles Forsdick @ UCL, UK – 18 March 2026

In association with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, University College London (UCL) continues its series in honour of the

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Creative Fiction

Film Review: ‘My Father’s Shadow’ and African Hope in Black British Cinema

BAFTA award-winning film My Father’s Shadow, hailed as a ‘historical family heirloom for Nigeria’ by its director Akinola Davies Jr, tells an intimate semi-autobiographical tale

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