Feb 2022
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?
Jan 2022
Even in death, you can’t escape racist backhand remarks
The ‘Pharaoh of Fabulosity’ was a flamboyant, towering Queer Black man
Jan 2022
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
Nov 2021
Art X Lagos Stages a Triumphant Return: The only physical Art Fair on the African Continent since 2020
The 6th edition its largest to date, brought together 30 leading international galleries from 15 countries around the world to present work in a hybrid exhibition
Nov 2021
TikTok Introduces new Black Creator Trailblazers Programme
A new initiative designed to nurture and develop 30 talented, emerging Black creators, musicians and artists
Nov 2021
Common Threads: Black and Asian British Women’s Writing International Conference
Call for Papers: We welcome submissions from academics, postgraduate and early career researchers, teachers, publishers and literary activists
Nov 2021
Afrofuturism, Mysticism and Climate Justice
Visual meditations on the environmental crisis in the Niger Delta raising urgent questions around environmental degradation, to coincide with the UNs COP26
Nov 2021
British-Ghanaian poet Dzifa Benson announced as winner of the Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship
Her work covers topics including Black Women’s bodies and sex, the impact of Britain’s colonialist past on its future, and the Black British experience
Oct 2021
This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books
The book celebrates the diverse experiences of writers and their creations across the globe, seeking to disrupt white-dominated ‘required reading’ collections
Oct 2021
Black Female-Led Studio Challenges the Entertainment Industry With New Funding Source
Niche On Demand use creativity and capital as a tool to enable storytelling and to preserve Black history – Ownership is the fastest route to equity
Oct 2021
A Love Letter to Black People: The Outsiders’ by Simon Frederick
Over six episodes, we witness young Black visionaries take the helm in telling their own stories
Oct 2021
BFI London Film Festival: Six Screening’s You Don’t Want To Miss!
A vibrant programme of 159 feature films from around the world will screen to audiences in cinemas across London and UK-wide