Real Reads
Oct 2021
#BHM Valerie Goode is taking the term “grassroots activism” quite literally, with her community garden
“It’s vitally important that we have spaces where we have the autonomy to grow food in peace and free ourselves from the corporate toxic food production system”
Oct 2021
#BHM Olive Morris: the Unapologetically Black Radical Squatter
Morris fought institutional racism, sexism and an economic system that squeezed any real comfortability from the working class to feed the glutinous few
Oct 2021
#BHM Barbados’ First Female Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, Is Making History Her Story
“We refuse to be relegated to the footnotes of history, and to be collateral damage to the greed of others”
Oct 2021
#BHM Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body Provides a Haunting Reflection of a Zimbabwe Unfulfilled
The book explores an unsettling legacy of broken promises from the past, failed dreams of the present and an uncertain future climate
Oct 2021
#WorldMentalHealthDay Navigating University with Bipolar Disorder: My Story
Growing up in an African mostly religious environment meant my initial cries for help were met with fear, and urges to pray against what was considered a demonic attack
Oct 2021
In Conversation with ‘Hairvolution’ Authors Saskia Calliste and Zainab Raghdo
The book came about during the Black Lives Matter protests, with discussions about our position in the workplace, beauty and how we show up in the world
Oct 2021
World Leaders Must Acknowledge the Problematic Historical Roots of Climate-induced Migration
The Global Majority suffer the consequences of climate change while creating the least amount of pollution, this perpetuates a form of eco-imperialism
Oct 2021
Countries Like Nigeria and Haiti Are Amid a Kidnap-For-Ransom Crisis, Here’s How and Why
Acts rooted in ideology remain influenced by social and economic factors. It is harder to radicalise people when they have much more to lose
Sep 2021
How Artificial Intelligence Exacerbates the Systematic Biases of the Real World
Marginalised people are facing more discrimination in healthcare, work, and travel environments, as AI technology uses white, able-bodied men as the standard
Sep 2021
God Is Not a White Man: Chine McDonald on the Construction of White Supremacy in the Church
The lack of diversity is contrary to Christian doctrine, which propagates that ‘all are welcome’. Racial segregation is still very prominent in the church today
Sep 2021
Displaying the Dead is a Disturbing Cultural Identity
“It’s kind of sad that even in death people of colour can’t escape the prying and opportunistic advances of white people”
Sep 2021
Christianity’s Role in Perpetuating Sexism
Christianity and feminism are at parallels because; where feminism sees a problem, Christianity does not see one