Back in sunnier days at the Bristol Refugee Festival 2017, gal-dem caught up with Sukina, one part of the hip-hop duo Poetic Pilgrimage. Alongside other group m... Read More +
Wikipedia defines respectability politics as “attempts by marginalised groups to police their own members and show their social values as being continuous and c... Read More +
Alcohol was never a feature in our family household. My British-born Jamaican mum never kept lowly bottles of brandy hidden in the kitchen cupboards and we were... Read More +
The release of the long awaited Black Panther movie signifies a re-imagining of afrofuturism and how the West, and Hollywood, views African countries. Based in ... Read More +
It was 7pm on 20 October 2015 when I called my paternal grandmother. We spoke about her visitors that day, church updates and how she was feeling. I ended the c... Read More +
I’ve always tried to detach myself from the idea that endurance is what makes a black woman a black woman. That her suffering, the process of overcoming and bec... Read More +
Neequaye ‘Dreph’ Dsane is a British Ghanaian artist based in London, and popularly known for his large-scale portrait paintings and oil portraits.
Dreph des... Read More +
For Black History Month, Remi Moses, an independent filmmaker, premiered two short films, Pack of Wolves and Pride of Lions to a sold-out audience at the Genesi... Read More +
Here's a woman for our attention this Black History Month... Alice Childress. Childress was an extraordinary woman and playwright. She was the first African-Ame... Read More +
The Book of Night Women is Marlon’s James’ second novel, published in 2009, six years before he would win the Man Booker prize for A Brief History of Seven Kill... Read More +
If ‘The Hunger Games’ has Jennifer Lawrence, then ‘The Woke Games’ has Jesse Williams. Each oppressed black person battles to affirm their social consciousness ... Read More +
One of the things you discover growing up as a person of colour is that seeing someone who looks like you as a lead in film or TV is a rarity. And to see that p... Read More +
We had almost forgotten, but the recent and sickening allegations against R. Kelly shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, given what we already know about hi... Read More +
All of my interracial dating experiences have come packed together with many kinds of racial emotional labour for me to deal with. Whether it be microaggression... Read More +
On Saturday, a harrowing event took place in Amsterdam. South African artist and filmmaker Sibahle Nkumbi, who was studying in Amsterdam and visiting her friend... Read More +
You've probably heard of black haircare company Shea Moisture's controversial ad campaign, released on Monday. Their ad – "break free from hair hate" – featured... Read More +
As I lay in bed one night, I heard my partner chatting with his friends. One of them was talking about a girl he had slept with who had a "stink pussy in the mo... Read More +
"Plus-size" and black, Philomena Kwao defies not one but two of the fashion industry’s odds. But instead of letting the labels define her, she embraces them. If... Read More +
KINK: the book of empowerment we’ve all been waiting for. A poignant collection of crisp and natural photography, paired with relatable and uplifting poetry, K... Read More +
“A country that works for everyone” was the slogan of the Conservative party conference. An inclusive vision directed at working class Britain. But research rel... Read More +
Is 2016 the year that black girls began to publicly love themselves? From Alicia Keys' make-up free red carpet looks, Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’, countless essays and... Read More +
Today, I am a black woman, and I feel strong. I feel healthy. I feel capable. Tomorrow, I may feel differently.
The “strong, independent black women” trope ha... Read More +
The Good Hair Club, a new beauty destination curating organic and natural hair care products for women of colour, was an aha moment for me. One day I realised t... Read More +
Black women are hyper-visible and simultaneously invisible. When we share our first-hand experiences, the response is usually denial, abuse and cognit... Read More +
A black British hair magazine has launched a crowdfunding initiative to raise £25,000 to help keep it on our shelves. Zuri Magazine is the UK’s leading natural ... Read More +
To be black, British, and female in the creative industries is a challenge. To have your work recognised and find longevity in a fleeting, and often times, supe... Read More +
Last week a young black girl in South Carolina was slammed, while still at her desk, to the floor, by a grown man - a police officer in fact - and then dragged ... Read More +
