Midnight Love (Part 4): The Marvin Gaye Tour of Ostend, Belgium.
Having heard horror stories from England about Gaye’s cocaine use and erratic behaviour on tour (he’d frequently miss gigs and was even late for…
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Midnight Love (Part 3): The Marvin Gaye Tour of Ostend, Belgium.
I made my way to the tourist information centre, where I was given headphones and an iPhone with a built-in app called ‘The Marvin…
Midnight Love (Part 2): The Marvin Gaye Tour of Ostend, Belgium.
The train pulled into Ostend station, a building that in many ways represents what lies beyond it: pale and ornate, but not pretty, clean…
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…
Strolling: Feminism, Filmaking & Flaneuring with Cecille Emeke
Cecille Emeke personifies the next generation of creatives. At only 22, after quitting a degree in mathematics (despite being on target for first class…
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…
2nd Annual Black Portraiture Conference, Florence, 2015
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Dear Reader, I crave your indulgence in allowing me a very smug and pedantic pre-review whinge. All this intense interest in Brazilian culture in…
The Traveller: An Ode to Earl Klugh
It is the late 1980s. I’m a child in Tokyo, spending quiet weekday afternoons wandering modern and sparsely populated department stores, whilst my Dad…
Le Paris Noir – Notes From An Afropean Tour Guide in The City of Light
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