Bursting the Diversity Bubble: Teaching My Mixed Race Child about Race
My daughter lives in a diversity bubble and I don’t know when, or how, I should burst it. By this I mean that…
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Musings of an African American in Spain: References – In The Mind of a Child
Apart from being a master’s student I’m also a babysitter. Every morning I wake up around 6:30 am, get ready, walk over to Poblenou,…
Event: “AUGUST IN AFRICA” SUMMER FESTIVAL, COVENT GARDEN PIAZZA, 01.08.16
Explore African fashion, photography, food and more in this immersive cultural festival held by The Africa Centre. This daylong program will showcase various artists…
Spaces of Black Modernism, Tate Britain, London On Until 29.03.15
Spaces of Black Modernism: London 1919–39 explores the experiences and interactions of people from diverse ethnic backgrounds in London’s art world between the wars. In the inter-war period,…
Theatre Review: ‘How Nigeria Became: A Story and A Spear That Didn’t Work’
By Tola Ositelu Somewhere in early 20th Century pre-industrialised West Africa, aspiring theatre director Herbert Ogunde (Tunji Falana) is having a hard time pacifying his…
Tangled Roots: The Mixed Race Experience in Manchester, UK
Unique Event Celebrates Manchester’s Mixed Race Families On Saturday 25 October Tangled Roots is to stage a unique live theatre workshop and performance at…
Peckham to the Pompidou: Tommy Evans Meets British Nigerian Artist Yekinni
British-Nigerian visual communicator and all-round renaissance woman Yekinni talks to Tommy Evans about her signature approach to the Afropean experience, ambience and aesthetic, and…
Transracial Adoption – No Longer a Black and White Issue
N.b. This article is based on research conducted by the author for an undergraduate dissertation entitled ‘A Political Minefield: Transracial Adoption Policy and the…
Review: Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
Upon entering the theatre, wooden, hand-painted signs in English and Afrikaans direct whites and non-whites to separate seating areas – a segregation enforced by…
Afropean Style: Thrifting with Dualleh Abdulrahman
Self-made fashionista Dualleh Abdulrahman is both Afropean in heritage and style. A designer, photographer and stylist, Dualleh talks to Tommy Evans about how he…
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