Siyah: Turkey’s Black Social and Cultural Historiography
This is the first essay as part of a new series entitled ‘Siyah’, which explores the relationship between the African Diaspora and Turkish social…
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Behind Somalia’s Architectural Renaissance: I
Written by Adama Juldeh Munu Rebuilding after conflict is never simple. Countries such as Rwanda, Bosnia and Sierra Leone can attest to this. In…
Breaking the Silence About Racism: The Impact of Black Lives Matter in Central Europe
Written by Nina Camara Photography by Adam Grűnwald Central Europe is one of those places where it has never been easy to talk about…
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…
“Societies have always had to evolve to survive…”: An Interview with Pulchérie Feupo
Written by Tola Ositelu *(Translated from the original French. My thanks to Anne-Muriel Kouadio and Pascale Ranson for their additional input). Pulchérie Feupo is…
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…
Being In My Body
By Natalia Figueredo The other day whilst listening to a podcast, I heard something interesting about my country. In the black market of passports,…
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…