Cyrine Sinti, who self identifies as Gypsy, discusses how brown Gypsies in the United Kingdom face erasure and racism even within their own communities, and how it’s time to celebrate their contributions to culture Editor’s note: article contains an uncensored racist slur. I say ‘Gypsy Woman’ and too many people conjure up images of tumblr… Read More
‘What Ramadan means to me’: Muslim women on the month of fasting and prayer
Muslim women included in forthcoming anthology, Cut From The Same Cloth, discuss what Ramadan means to them
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Light skin, the antidote to everything wrong with blackness
Edward Ademolu asks if skin bleaching tablets for foetuses in Ghana are any different from embryonic engineering in the west Read More
Foster families who ignore race are participating in a pernicious form of racism
Derek Owusu draws on personal experiences to argue that there needs to be more education about the needs of black children when being fostered Read More
War poetry, the rebel’s art form
To find new value in war poetry, look to the Middle East writes Lisa Luxx Read More
Films to make us move | BFI London Film Festival 2017
Films by and about people of colour make a mark at the 61st edition of the capital’s celebration of cinema Read More
Black Lives Black Words is a conversation held across continents | Madani Younis
It’s on us. It’s always been on us. From Claudia Jones to Michael X, from Frank Crichlow to Darcus Howe to Doreen and Neville Lawrence, there is a rich and fierce tradition of resistance that has defined the past century in this great city. 2016 was a significant year in the UK. Following the Brexit… Read More
Art doesn’t have the privilege of looking on as everyone else struggles: London’s Bush Theatre re-opens with Black Lives, Black Words
by Zahra Dalilah When Madani Younis stepped into the role of Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre in 2012, he became the first person of colour to run a theatre building in London’s history. Under no illusions as to just how radically things were changing, Younis began laying the foundations for what in 2017 has… Read More
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