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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Tramonto – Sunset
Written by Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher This short piece of creative fiction is an excerpt from Tramonto (Sunset), a children’s picture book, published in Italy. It…
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 4
Written by Nina Camara In Liminal Space is a series of interviews focusing on the liminality of the mixed race experience and the ways…
A Mother’s Personal Journey to Shame
Written by Karina Simonson Writing from Lithuania, academic Karina Simonson critically reflects on why she felt having a mixed-race son affords her legitimacy as…
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…
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…