That’s When You’re Living

Rarely do things go the way you plan, sometimes there are unexpected moments of brilliance, but very rarely, hard work is meant to pay off and in an ideal world it would, but this is not an ideal world, 9 times out of 10 you’re going to work yourself into the ground...

Arts, Exhibitions & Events

Round up of this week’s ‘must do’ arts, exhibitions and events. Black Panther Woman Bernie Grant Arts Centre 18 March 2016 To mark the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party for Self Defence (1966 – 2016), Black History Studies presents a series of screenings...

West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song Review ***

  Africa is the second largest continent on earth stretching from the southern shores of the Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope.  Today it comprises of 54 separate nations.  The cultures and the languages are the most diverse in the world.  Yet, it is often...

Arts, Exhibitions and Events

Round up of this week’s ‘must do’ arts, exhibitions and events. West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song The British Library Fri 16 Oct 2015 – Tue 16 Feb 2016 *closing soon* An exhibition of literature and music – from the great African empires of the Middle Ages...

Blackface is Blackface by Any Other Name

Having made the offer to blog on subjects submitted by readers, I did not expect the first topic out of the hat to require such deep reflection.  Thanks! 🙂  Boglarka Balogh, a journalist and human rights lawyer, thought it was a good idea to morph into the image of...