Notes of An African American Intern in Europe: Part 2
In her second diary entry, Afropean’s intern Imani Ballard reflects on the Colonial power on display in some of Europe’s cultural spaces, and grapples…
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Notes of an African American Intern In Europe: Part 1
Imani Ballard is writer and sophomore undergraduate student at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. On a month long internship at Afropean.com, in a series…
BBC ‘Identity Season’, April, 2016
As we become more connected and mobile than ever, BBC World News and BBC World Service examine how our individual identities are changing. A…
Sunday Poem: Black Russians
taste like my beloved: Russians, like many Others, dubbed the blacks of Europe— through him I see my shadow come to light: the rest…
Instant Classics: ‘Memoirs of a Born Free’ by Malaika Wa Azania
By Abena Clarke Having read about the phenomenon of the ‘Born Frees’ from abroad, and giggled at Cape Town-based blogger Tawanda’s take on the…
‘Something Old, Something New’ – Radio 4 Documentary Exploring An Alternative Black British Narrative
Something Old, Something New What happens when your Dad’s an African-American soul star and your Mum’s a music-loving girl from a Sheffield council estate?…
African American Interest & Experiences in Russia: A Brief History
By Robert Fikes, Jr. Robert Fikes, Jr., Librarian at San Diego State University, recounts the history of the African American presence in Russia from…
New York with Les Nubians
Les Nubians are Hélène and Célia Faussart, the grammy-nominated French-Chad sister duo who have worked with everybody from Talib Kweli and Mos Def to Manu Dibango…
LDN to LA with Tahnaiya Russell: Adventures of an Afropean Artist Abroad (Part 1)
By Tommy Evans Afropean’s Tommy Evans converses with artist-designer-illustrator-musician and all round Renaissance woman Tahnaiya Russell concerning ethics, aesthetics and work ethic. With some…
7 things I didn’t know about WOOFing in Martinique (plus 2 things I did)
By Abena Clarke Afropean’s Abena Clarke has relocated to Martinique from South London to seek the finer things in life. Normally a teacher by…