LDN to LA with Tahnaiya Russell: Adventures of an Afropean Artist Abroad (Part 4)
TE: As a professional, how do you balance unbridled creativity with the constraints of commerce? TR: There are a lot of design jobs that offer enough…
Narratives
LDN to LA with Tahnaiya Russell: Adventures of an Afropean Artist Abroad (Part 3)
TE: We’re acquainted through our shared tenure at The Tate Modern. How did your time there influence your approach to artistry? TR: Oh the memories! My…
LDN to LA with Tahnaiya Russell: Adventures of an Afropean Artist Abroad (Part 2)
TE: How is life as a Brit in the USA? In my journeys there, I’ve found race to be such a salient issue whereas class…
Essa’s Adventures as a Middle Man
By Nat Illumine There are many mixed race artists successfully forging a music career, however few use their music to speak specifically about being…
Vienna to London: Black to Mixed-Race
By Annina Chirade I was born in Vienna, a place which has historically been a frontier between Eastern and Western Europe. I was primarily brought…
Damage Limitation: Andrez Harriott
Afropean’s Tommy Evans speaks to Andrez Harriott of Damage on his metamorphosis from musician to mentor with “thinking out the box” a constant. Tommy…
Border Crossings: Black Skin, White Borders
By Zdena Mtetwa-Middernacht Once upon a time living in the world of the enlightened in my view meant adopting the rule to never use…
Accelerating Epiphanies: The Work of ‘Gangologist’ Raymond Douglas
By Tommy Evans Raymond Douglas is one of the UK’s leading thinkers and “doers” around reducing gang violence. A prolific social entrepreneur, Douglas has…
Africa Does Not Know Me
By Rumbi Makanga I cannot help but spend time thinking about my identity. Finding yourself immersed in a culture that is at the same time…
The Adventures of a Victorian Troublemaker: Henry Sylvester Williams
By Abena Clarke His name* may have slipped through the annals of history but Henry Sylvester Williams was a man whose work back in…