A Mother’s Personal Journey to Shame
Written by Karina Simonson Writing from Lithuania, academic Karina Simonson critically reflects on why she felt having a mixed-race son affords her legitimacy as…
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Breaking the Silence About Racism: The Impact of Black Lives Matter in Central Europe
Written by Nina Camara Photography by Adam Grűnwald Central Europe is one of those places where it has never been easy to talk about…
In Liminal Space Part 3
Written by Nina Camara In Liminal Space is a series of interviews focusing on the liminality of the mixed race experience and the ways…
In Preliminal Space: Notes Before Leaving Home
Written by Oliver Taylor Nina Camara has a fascinating series featured on Afropean, called Liminal Space. At the centre of Nina’s interviews with other Afropeans…
Food as Education: An Interview with Gilles Dolatabadi
Written by Tola Ositelu If anyone embodies what it means to be Afropean it’s Strasbourg-based restaurateur, Gilles Dolatabadi. A polyglot of Togolese, Iranian and…
Film Review: Les Miserables
Audacious, powerful debut blends Afro symbolism with classic film language, provoking challenging questions about human social organisation. Written by Tom Pointon *Warning: The penultimate…
In Liminal Space Part 2
Written by Nina Camara In Liminal Space is a series of interviews in which I want to highlight the experiences of people who have decided…
In Liminal Space Part 1
Written by Nina Camara Though the face of Europe may be constantly changing, on a social level that change is often not fast enough….
AFROPEANS IN RURAL EUROPE
By Miles Andrew Standing atop a nearby hill, with a ruined medieval watch-tower at our backs, we look over the red and silver…
Samira – An Interview with Lainey Richardson
Winner of the ‘Best Short Short Award’ at The London Independent Film Festival 2019 in April, Samira is Lainey Richardson’s self-funded snapshot into the…