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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 -
Black Lives Matter: Discussing and eradicating anti-Blackness in the Muslim North African communities.
Decolonisation of all of Africa is still an on-going process, the hegemony and dominance of previous colonisers not entirely rooted out. While the work of equalising power relations and resolving conflicts that are residues of colonial divisions is vital. It is also important to decolonise racism and anti-blackness as concepts and practices. African Muslims are far from being a homogenous group, their diversity is rooted in their cultural backgrounds which often determines their religious affiliations. This makes the task of acknowledging and decolonising racism is quite challenging.
19. June 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 -
How I experienced Barbados as a Black safe haven: A response to Chibundu Onuzo
As a fellow affluent Nigerian woman traveller who also recently escaped to Barbados, at a time when I needed a black safe haven from whiteness, I felt very much at home and…
14. August 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 -
You are God: Supernatural beings having a human experience
Learning to integrate our ancestral, supernatural and spiritual lessons into living a fully impactful and love filled human experience. By Mariam Mouna “We are spiritual beings having a human experience” is a…
19. February 2019 -
“Religion is the opium of the people”
The article critically explores the links between society and religion, and the challenges institutionalized faith places on one’s personal faith.
12. February 2019 -
Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton: A Book Review
Remembered is Yvonne Battle-Felton’s debut novel, a story where Spring, an emancipated slave, is forced to relive a haunting past in order to lead her dying son home.
6. February 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 -
I Almost Let Him Run Off with All my Stuff
By: Ada Kalu A Personal Account of a Woman Grown Weary of Explaining Patriarchy to Men I am using this week to lock off all talk of men, I am weary. In recent…
5. December 2017 -
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 -
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…
23. November 2017
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