Have you ever noticed how certain folk of African descent speak so eloquently? There’s a tendency, in ordinary conversations, to grammatically embellish speech with colourful,
In association with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, University College London (UCL) continues its series in honour of the
BAFTA award-winning film My Father’s Shadow, hailed as a ‘historical family heirloom for Nigeria’ by its director Akinola Davies Jr, tells an intimate semi-autobiographical tale
Lucas Bostock is an industrious Jamaican immigrant, part of the so-called Windrush generation of post-War migration to Britain from the Caribbean and other erstwhile colonies.
Grief, forgiveness, and family— these are the words that remain with me upon completing francesca ekwuyasi’s 2020 debut novel, Butter Honey Pig Bread. In this
‘…This film is about unlearning imposed standards and reclaiming our African identity — strand by strand…’— Kwaku Sikahene-Adarkwa, Director After a lengthy gestation period, the
