Caleb Femi: Lines From LDN
Afropean’s Tommy Evans connects with Caleb Femi, The Young People’s Laureate for London. A poet, educator, photographer and filmmaker, Caleb effortlessly synthesises the…
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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…
We Are Still Writing Against Ourselves – Desiree Reynolds on female literary characters
Why do our heroines have to be ‘beautiful’? Can a female character… just be? What is it saying about literature that we as women…
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…
I wanna dance with somebody by Tawiah Afropean Anthems – 7
Another instant classic (just like United Vibration’s “Grow”). Truth be told this is even more of a special case: as this tune has yet…
Event Review: Africa Utopia @ the Southbank Centre: ‘The Mandela Trilogy’
For the uninitiated, a night at the opera can be an intimidating prospect. This might well remain the case even with an accessible…
Theatre Review: ‘Counting Stars’ by Atiha Sen Gupta @ The Theatre Royal Stratford East
Nigerian immigrants Abiodun (Lanre Malaolu) and Sophie (Estelle Daniels) are a chalk’n’cheese couple working as lavatory attendants at Paradise, a South London nightclub. It’s…
THE AFROPEAN NARRATIVES 1600 – 2066, 15.07.16, V & A London
THE AFROPEAN NARRATIVES 1600 – 2066 Friday 15 JULY 2016, 18.00 – 21.45 A night of music, spoken word, talks, gallery tours, hands-on workshops,…
Grow by United Vibrations : Afropean Anthems – 3
Generally speaking it takes a few years for a song to become an “Afropean Anthem”. Occasionally, however, new music appears that is so unquestionably…
Mad About The Boy – Azekel
By Nat Illumine Every now and then an artist hits your radar like pow! Last summer, whilst scouring online blogs for new talent, I…