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…
June, 2014
We Still Miss Mike
By Tola Ositelu In the run-up to the World Cup the BBC recently broadcast ‘Welcome to Rio’, a documentary that celebrates the resilience and…
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…
Theatre Review: Talawa Firsts Festival presents…‘Blacktop Sky’ by Christina Anderson
By Tola Ositelu Champion of African and Caribbean playwrights, Talawa Theatre Company , run the ‘…Firsts’ festival at their Central London-based studios each summer. …
Sunday Poem: ‘English Literature’ by Adebe DeRango-Adem
ENGLISH LITERATURE (Adebe DeRango-Adem) Why, because chiaroscuro is where I belong. That and I was once Pushkin’s wife. O my darling octoroon your Russia…
Film Review: Belle
Belle is a multi-cultural movie set to make a stir this Summer. Challenging issues of Western identity, it is a story based on a…
A Blend of Two Worlds – Afropean in The Gambia
Gambia is a place that is on the move. With a past haunted by slavery, colonialism and corruption, Nat Illumine searches a West African…