Edna Adan: Afropean’s First Lady
By Tommy Evans One of my heroes in the Afropean universe, Edna Adan, recently took to the stage at the Southbank Centre as part…
Narratives
Notes from a Swedish Summer
By Nina N. Yeboah One could spend an entire hour roaming the streets of Södermalm in search of a good pastry shop and come…
Short Story: A Life in Boxes By Olivier Gbezera
He had not opened the boxes in ages, and had forgotten how many were there. He had wanted to go through them, but hadn’t…
Midnight Love: The Marvin Gaye Tour of Ostend, Belgium
Words & Photographs by Johny Pitts Even the Belgians I spoke to gave me strange looks. Why would anyone go out of their way…
Pandora’s Box UK Tour and Writer Competition
Winner of the Best Playwright awards at the Nigerian Entertainment and Lifestyle Awards and the African Film Awards in 2012, and shortlisted for the…
Black and Belgian: Navigating Multiracial Identities in Ghent, Belgium
By Walter Thompson-Hernandez Introduction What does it mean to be Black and multiracial in Belgium? How does sub-Saharan African culture and experiences impact the…
Sunday Poem: ‘Half’ by Olivier Gbezera
Half white half black Half this half that Half shit half crap So this so what Half white half black Half right half…
Poem: Cosmic Echoes by Poetzee
When I was young, I found myself running Running from the shade that plagues my skin If I ran hard enough the plague would…
Peckham to the Pompidou: Tommy Evans Meets British Nigerian Artist Yekinni
British-Nigerian visual communicator and all-round renaissance woman Yekinni talks to Tommy Evans about her signature approach to the Afropean experience, ambience and aesthetic, and…
Sunday Poem : ‘Voyage’ by Adebe DeRango Adem
they say the voyage is life, that every long journey begins with a first step life is about steps about building new skies…