Kiri Kankhwende talks to the editors of a groundbreaking new anthology about BAME mental health @madomasi Read More
The Colour of Madness: ‘The mental health system is not designed with us in mind’
Chasing James Baldwin in Switzerland
Matthew Wilson, a Bajan now living In Switzerland retraces some of James Baldwin’s steps 70 years after him. Leukerbad is the place that inspired ‘Stranger in the Village’ and where Baldwin completed ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain’. Also drawing from Teju Cole’s 2014 essay, Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” and… Read More
Poetic Resistance to the language of “Civilised” Citizenship
Language has long been used to destroy, control and denigrate the ways of knowing and being of those subject to colonialism and racism. In this piece, poet and activist lisa luxx traces these colonial roots, as well as the inventive linguistic creolisations of imposed languages that poets have used to resist domestication, “to rewild their grammatology” and “To… Read More
📢 Black Publishers and White Agents
Last Friday Media Diversified hosted a twitter space called Publishing, Black publishers, book deals and white agents hosted by founder Samantha Asumadu and Marcus Daniel, the editor in chief Please find source material below and the audio above. Enjoy! AGENDA 1. Independent Black publishers 2. The overwhelmingly white publishing industry 3. The Society of Authors/Should… Read More
An Uncertain Life – IPP Poetry
HELPLESS As I look into the eyes of a broken mind, the loneliness inside that he can’t hide. As he cuts into his body to find relief and the tears that have fallen to cover up his grief. Helpless I am to take his pain, as he cuts further to cover up his shame. My… Read More
The politics of love in If Beale Street Could Talk
In his review of If Beale Street Could Talk, D. H. Alves demonstrates that both Barry Jenkins and James Baldwin articulate love as a political force, placing it at the centre of their work, be it in the format of the novel, or its cinematographic adaptation. He examines the theological nature of Baldwin’s work and how… Read More
Competition – Win a pair of tickets to Marlon James: Black Leopard, Red Wolf at Southbank Centre and two proofs.
Media Diversified and Southbank Centre are giving you the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to see Marlon James discuss his brand new novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf at Southbank Centre on Monday 25 February along with two proof copies of the book. In this exclusive London launch, the author of A Brief History of… Read More
MD READLING LIST | Reflections of myself in literature: Black, African, Woman and Gay
10 books selected by Christina Fonthes Reflections of me: 10 books that feature positive representations of Black, African, women & LGBTQ characters. These books give me affirmation in world where I am told that I should not exist. Roll of Thunder, Hear – My Cry by Mildred by D. Taylor Cassie Logan was the… Read More
MD READING LIST | Solidarity through knowledge
10 books selected by Robert Kazandjian If we are truly serious about expressing solidarity and understanding with people, then we need to know their stories. But knowing their stories is not enough. We need to hear their voices. Augustown by Kei Miller Augustown is my favourite kind of novel; super specific and at the same… Read More
Black women as agents of change: reclaiming our narratives, voices and memory
For so long, Black women’s stories and memory have often been ignored, erased, and neglected in and out of academia. However as Jaimee A. Swift writes, 2018 showed itself to be a year of reclamation of Black women’s narratives, agency and memory. From our MD Academic Space “No Black woman writer in this culture can… Read More
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