Event Review: Révolution Rap: Une Histoire Africaine + Great Black Music
Written by Tola Ositelu Révolution Rap: Une Histoire Africaine? This autumn the Central Brussels hub Point Culture celebrates the transatlantic musical exchange that is…
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Sunday Poem: The Writing on the Wall
‘Wogs out’ the graffiti sprayed In those Bedfordshire days That led me to question With what affection was my sort held? Signed ‘NF’…
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…
BABYLON – FORTY YEARS ON
Written by Tom Pointon In 2010 I ran a one-day workshop at Gloucester Guildhall Arts Centre entitled ‘Introduction to Black British Film’. Participants explored…
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…
Black: The Literary Salon – 27/2/20, 28/5/20, 24/9/20, London
Cassava Republic Press (the first African publishing house in the UK) and brand communications agency A + F have joined forces to bring…
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….
Far From The Norm presents BLKDOG – UK tour
Co-produced by Far From The Norm and Sadler’s Wells, BLKDOG tours the UK in spring 2020 with performances at Sadler’s Wells on 15 & 16 October…
Prête-moi ton rêve (Lend Me Your Dream) Traveling Pan African Exhibition
Date: December 6th 2019 – January 28th 2020 Location: Musée des Civilizations Noires in Dakar. Hosted by: Yacouba Konate and Brahim Alaoui and the…