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Art and the Black Identity
Art is subjective yet it holds an objective place in our cultural life. It objectively is considered a creative form that beautifies life, adds a surrealist imagination, or archives historical periods and…
10. April 2024 -
Queens of Sheba – Theatre Review
“I am a mixture of racism and sexism, they lay equally on my skin passed down by my next of kin. Passed down unknowingly by my next of kin.” Rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Soho…
17. February 2022 -
Learning to Dance with Love
Trigger warning: This piece does contain mention of sexual violence and drug usage. This piece is slightly erotic, mostly raw with remembrance and reflection on my encounters with love and lust. The…
9. February 2022 -
Book Review: Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
“What do you do when your life turns into this breaking and resetting of bone, of spirit, of self, of reality?” Someone recently told me that the word they think of when…
7. February 2022 -
SOFTNESSDOUCE
sunny haze, delicate hues red-yellow iroko hard-soled cheap Chanel sandals, 1500 XOF vintage hand woven aso oke monogaga sand okinawa shells holy mary iron lemon and garlic slip brown dress Toumani Diabaté’s…
3. February 2022 -
Archiving the past, the present and the future. Adeola Aderemi in conversation Lanaire Aderemi
What is the role of the archivist in our society? how do we learn from the past to co-create the future?
Adeola sat down with Lanaire to discuss the important role of archivist in modern Nigerian society and the work of Lanaire Aderemi as an archivist.11. October 2021 -
The Artist as a Vessel Societies’ responsibility to Artists
There are artists whether that be painters, sculptors, poets, or songwriters who speak of creating art from a source which originates from a place that isn’t theirs alone as if something is being channelled through them. Socrates once said, “God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his minister.” And it is exactly that: some artists believe their art comes from a spiritual place within them, channelled by God/The Divine/The Source.
12. February 2021 -
Book Review: Who Owns Truth| All My Lies Are True
The announcement that “The Ice Cream Girls” was getting a sequel, made me physically squeal, partly because Dorothy Koomson has been famously anti-sequel but also because I, naively, hoped for the perfect…
9. July 2020 -
Saturn in Aquarius 2020 transit — A prediction
The Age of Enlightenment meaning a lot of us will begin to see the bigger picture of things as illusions around us begin to break. Truths will be revealed and clarity will take over. People will ascend to become more evolved humans as they wake up from this Matrix. It’s always been a game and now it’s to play it right.
21. April 2020 -
Art as Resistance: Reflections on Built of Past in Present exhibition
In October this year, I had the pleasure of attending Built of Past in the Present: an exhibition curated by poet, producer and curator Aliyah Hasinah. It featured the works of multimedia…
20. December 2019 -
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Review
This historical fiction – the story of an American FBI agent’s affair with Thomas Sankara, deposed President of Burkina Faso, 1983 – 1987, is an interesting reimagination of the life of a…
9. July 2019 -
Nights of the Creaking Bed Review
My relationship with the short as a narrative format is complex as at times I find myself amazed by the writer’s ability to, in a short space, tell a compelling story and…
2. July 2019 -
Good Dog Review
By : Niki Igbaroola It takes a great deal of skill to stand on stage, solely using your voice and body to tell a story for the better part of two and…
15. March 2019 -
The religion of self-love
Loving myself was one of the most spiritual things I have ever done. When you are dark skinned, Black and woman love does not come to you easily. So I had to…
4. March 2019 -
Healing Circle Launch: Using Rage for Constructive Healing as we sit and have tea with our unfelt low emotions
We are souls having a human experience. It is time to manifest a laser focus on our collective healing from all the unfelt emotions that as blocked and create a disassociation with…
4. February 2019 -
The Global Black Revolution is Still but a Dream
A critical look at the expectations and unfortunate realities that Marvel’s Black Panther Film has forced us to grapple with. By: Niki Igbaroola Having seen the much anticipated, much loved, box-office…
5. March 2018 -
Full Moon Gemini 3/12
By: Tiara Kelly A Manual on How to Move Through this Moon Phase and Mercury Retrograde December 2-22 **shadow phase until Jan 11** Gemini moon will have you wanting to be a…
3. December 2017 -
Highlife Soldiers: A West African Visual Commentary
By: Labet Highlife Soldiers enters another chapter in artist Labet’s journey and unfolds an exciting new body of work. Showcasing paintings colourfully inspired by the highlife music genre, this exhibition comes together as…
27. November 2017
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