Real Reads
Jun 2020
Patriarchy’s Role in Police Brutality Needs to Be Addressed
Feminist activists in Africa have recently been speaking out against their respective countries’ police and political powers, amid heightened cases of gender-based violence towards women during this quarantine period.
Jun 2020
These 7 courses will teach you how to be anti-racist
These courses were developed by Black women, and will teach you to recognise and work against racism
Jun 2020
‘Covid will not kill you as fast as a bullet’: Black doctors go from frontlines of pandemic to protests
Since March, thousands of black health workers across have been on the frontlines of the pandemic, many are now joining anti-police brutality protests, hoping to dismantle the racist structures that kill black people in the streets, and in the hospital
Jun 2020
Minnesota’s Decades-Long Failure to Confront Police Abuse
‘I think all of us in Minnesota are forced to confront, that this kind of racism exists and that it’s incumbent upon all of us to vow that we’re going to do whatever we can to see that it doesn’t continue to happen’
Jun 2020
Spike Lee Has Made His Most Ambitious Film Yet: Da 5 Bloods
Da 5 Bloods is a story about a buried past: It follows Vietnam War veterans as they travel back to their old battleground to find the body of Norman, their fallen squad leader
Jun 2020
BREAKING NEWS – GBI to reopen investigation into 2018 death of Tamla Horsford
Horsford was found dead after an “adult slumber party”, investigators concluded she accidentally fell off a balcony. But her friends and family have always disputed the results
Jun 2020
Stormzy Pledges £10M over 10 years to Support Black Charities & Organisations
Stormy pledges £10M to organisations committed to fighting racial inequality, justice reform and black empowerment within the UK
Jun 2020
Topple the Racists: The UK must no longer continue to adore colonial icons and symbols
Statues are monuments of public adoration. Many erected to honour those who benefited from the slave trade. They are part of a system of mass murder, torture and human suffering. We must learn from, not venerate, this terrible chapter in British colonial history
Jun 2020
Remembering Luhaka: The Body’s Legacies, Pt. 2: The Postcolonial Body
Through interviews and his powerful video examining racist police brutality, Kader Attia skilfully weaves together personal accounts and sociological reflections on the 2017 case of Theo Luhaka
Jun 2020
The Murders that sparked a Movement – A Timeline
The wave of protests in the US are the latest outpourings of anger that have erupted after the deaths of black Americans. Here’s a timeline of some of the major incidents from 2014 onwards
Jun 2020
Pioneering Ghanaian Photographer JAMES BARNOR
The pioneering photographer James Barnor turned 91 this week. To celebrate, Autograph is dedicating their newspaper to his exhibition, available as a free download
Jun 2020
George Floyd’s death in US spurs protests and outrage across Africa
The protests in Africa add to international pressure on American authorities to ensure there is justice for Mr George Floyd