Meeting
of Minds
The Leading Exporter of African Narratives.
What's On
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African Liberation Day
5:00 pm
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25 May 2022
Online
Panel Talks & Workshops
Counterpoint Arts: The Power to Create
Exchange ideas with speakers driving social change, and disrupting power structures through vibrant, game-changing cultural content
Arts & Culture
A one-day event for the debut release ‘You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty’ by Akwaeke Emezi
A free immersive one-day event in the heart of Brixton Village that celebrates the publication of a new romance novel
Arts & Culture
Mary Seacole: The pioneering Jamaican nurse
Putting the concept of a biopic through a kaleidoscope, Marys Seacole is a dazzling exploration, across oceans and eras
Real Reads
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In conversation with Candy-Ellie Graham, founder of Cultural Style Week
Real Reads
‘Open Water’ by Caleb Azumah Nelson: An Exploration of Black Love
To love, lose and lust is a universal experience, there is trauma, which has the power to rob people of the joy they deserve
Real Reads
Therapy “changed my life. It saved my life”: An Insight into Black Women’s Mental Health with The Maya Centre
‘For many of the women… it’s too much for them to unlock that cage that they have been put into, in their mind, as much as socially’
Real Reads
In conversation with Dominican Singer-Songwriter NAVY
Listeners can look forward to stories, interpretations, arguments, laments and even a little bit of flirting on the project
Africa in Focus
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Kah Walla: A Cameroonian Fighting for Change
Africa in Focus
Building Connections, Skills, and Opportunities for Women in Nigeria’s Tech Industry
By opening pathways for Women, these organisations are helping provide safer working environments and reduced avenues for sexual harassment in this male-dominated field
Africa in Focus
Is Nigeria ready for the eNaira?
The digital currency issued directly to users, aims to promote financial inclusion, facilitate diaspora remittances, foster cross border trade
Africa in Focus
The collapse of the Ikoyi building in Lagos, proves that human rights starts with infrastructure
The unfolding events serve as a painful reminder that housing security cannot be bought. The bubble afforded to the elites does not guarantee safety
Grad Zine
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Slay in Your Lane Authors, Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené, Talk on New Children’s Book, The Offline Diaries
Grad Zine
DJ Kem Kem on Stanford University, the Need for Women-Focused Spaces in Music, and Working with Tems
“It’s exhausting but I know my worth”: Grad Zine talks with the multifaceted Nigerian creative, ahead of her next show in London, in March
Grad Zine
Precious Mustapha on Fate: The Winx Saga and Complex Black Characters
“I was hoping that they went for a dark-skinned girl for accurate representation like the cartoon. So, I was really happy when I got the role”
Grad Zine
13 Going on 30: The Parentification of Black Girls
From cooking, cleaning, studying and taking care of siblings, essentially being the ‘second mother’ or ‘third parent’. Parentified children become hyper-independent adults
My2Cents
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The ‘Adultification’ of Black Girls: Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives and Exclusion Culture
Thandiwe Newton’s performative apology is steeped in an identity crisis we helped create
Being lighter-skinned does have certain privileges, and we all know why. But what about personal integrity?
Even in death, you can’t escape racist backhand remarks
The ‘Pharaoh of Fabulosity’ was a flamboyant, towering Queer Black man
A New Standard of Beauty or Tokenistic Mannequins?
‘Reverse Bleaching’. ‘Black Skin Porn’. How the fetishisation of dark skinned Black Women has become a trend
Investigations
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Investigating the Causes and Consequences of South Africa’s July 2021 Riots
Investigations
Human Rights Abuses Still Persist Six Months on from Nigeria’s #EndSARS Movement
“I’ve been stopped, singled out for my hair, my short dress. They search my bags looking for condoms to arrest me for prostitution. It’s insane”.