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Art as Resistance: Reflections on Built of Past in Present exhibition
by Ruvimbo Maria Kuuzabuwe 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
For Us By Us: Women of The Lens Film Festival
By: Niki Igbaroola A Recap of the Inaugural Women of the Lens Film Digital Broadcast Festival Lately, conversation around film, cinema and the industry have been centered around men and their inability…
Roses for Grace Jones: In Celebration of a Cultural Icon
By: Niki Igbaroola A Review of Sophie Fennes’ Documentary Bloodlight and Bami There is something in the way Fennes chose to shoot this documentary that melded perfectly, with Jones’ enigmatic nature. The…
Brown Bodies
by: Mica Hamilton I wanted your brown body To find my brown body I dreamt of your brown body Before I became enough cells to dream I saw our…
Stills in Solidarity – A visual story that explores the intimacy among girls and women.
The photos shared were captured during my photo walk/ exploration sessions in Nigeria and a photo shoot I was commissioned to do for a clients birthday. Irrespective of the situation, there is…
Five things to do in Seattle
By: Wonuola Lawal 1. Attend a baseball game: I saw a baseball match between the Seattle.Mariners and the Philadelphia Phillies. I was rooting for Philadelphia because I’d stayed in Philly for nine…
Berlin for Queer and Queens
By: Adeola Naomi As a grandchild of a WW2 veteran, I have learned to associate Berlin exclusively with war and terror from stories I heard from my grandfather. In these crazy days of…
Visiting Eritrea: A Journey to the Birthplace of my Parents
By: Helen Woldu I had just ended a loving and healthy relationship and I needed to leave Los Angeles. I contemplated whether I should go to Eritrea for I feared for my…
