Adventures in Afro Europe
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…
My daughter lives in a diversity bubble and I don’t know when, or how, I should burst it. By this I mean that…
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,…
By Abena Wariebi Reporting from the Catalonian city of Barcelona, Abena Wariebi discusses national identity from an African-American perspective, assessing the differences between American and…
By Cari McCay (English translation by Yomi Bazuaye). Cari McCay is a social worker and event coordinator. She was raised and has lived most…
Neimo Askar is a 22-year-old London poet who has blessed numerous stages with her visceral writing in a short space of time. Neimo is…
As we become more connected and mobile than ever, BBC World News and BBC World Service examine how our individual identities are changing. A…
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 Rumbi Makanga I cannot help but spend time thinking about my identity. Finding yourself immersed in a culture that is at the same time…
He had not opened the boxes in ages, and had forgotten how many were there. He had wanted to go through them, but hadn’t…