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?…
By Robert Fikes, Jr. Robert Fikes, Jr., Librarian at San Diego State University, recounts the history of the African American presence in Russia from…
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…
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…
Johny Pitts – AN AFROPEAN ODYSSEY “One cold afternoon in October, founder and co-editor of Afropean.com Johny Pitts left London on the Eurostar to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…