Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola is a a captivating collection of reworked short folktales and myths from West Africa, Greece the Middle East, China Continue reading Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola, Book Review
The Louder I Will Sing by Lee Lawrence: Book Review. In September 1985, Lee Lawrence’s mother, Cherry Groce was shot and paralysed in a careless, wrongful police raid at her home. The shooting sparked the 1985 Brixton uprisings. Continue reading The Louder I Will Sing by Lee Lawrence: Book Review
Surge was written by Jay Bernard while they were in residence at The Padmore Institute, an organisation dedicated to radical Black history in Britain. Over this week, I wanted to focus on some non fiction accounts of Black British history and life today. Continue reading Surge by Jay Bernard and remembering the 1981 New Cross Fire
Terraformed: Young Black Lives In The Inner City by Joy White was a book I first noted when considering new books by Black British writers to look out for over summer. This book in particular because while there are countless articles and books about gentrification, Joy White is focusing on a particular area in London. Continue reading Joy White’s Terraformed puts Newham in focus…The lessons are everywhere
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei- Brenyah showcases amazing imagination and brilliant, sincere storytelling . That good type of surreal you can believe in without too much effort. Partly an excuse to recommend a few favourite Black Mirror Epsiodes: San Junipero, Nose Dive, Black Museum, Striking Vipers! Continue reading Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Race, Class and Consumerism
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