ALBUM REVIEW: A WORK OF HEART – TY (JAZZ REFRESHED)
Written by Andrew Kay TY is probably one of the best-known British rappers, having cultivated an international reputation for quality rhymes over rich, dense and…
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Black Cultural Archives ‘Black Sound’ Exhibition Extended To March 2018
Originally scheduled to end on November 4th 2017 the “Black sound” exhibition (documenting Black British music’s journey of creative independence) will now run until March…
Life in The Hinterlands; Growing up Gay & Mixed Race on The Isle of White
By Ashley Thomas Life as a mixed gay man seems a singular experience. Who, what and where are the fluid foundations on which I’m constructed, construed and constrained. To some I am black but not Black, clearly not white or not Black enough. To others, I am an undecided shade of, well, I…
Theatre Review: ‘Custody’ by Urban Wolf & Tom Wainwright @ The Oval Theatre
Brian, a young man of Nigerian descent, is killed by the police following what was supposed to be a ‘routine’ stop and search. The…
Sheila Nortley: Authentic Illusions
Sheila Nortley: Authentic Illusions Afropean’s Tommy Evans converses with the multi-talented screenwriter, director, producer and actor Sheila Nortley. Sheila candidly tackles the…
Saraiya Bah – The 21st Century Griot
Afropean’s Tommy Evans exchanges notes on poetry with fellow lyricist Saraiya Bah, one of London’s finest emerging spoken word artists. As a poet, writer…
New Gen Dads: An Interview with Yomi Sode
Poet and Blogger Yomi Sode has taken time out of his busy day job at a local London Authority to speak about his…
‘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?…