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The Thing About Libraries...
There are certain spaces in our world where people are easily able to belong, whereas others are easily overlooked and ignored. These...
Rhoda Ola-Said
Jun 21, 20183 min read
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Who can claim Mother Africa?
Africa, a return to (a far-away) origins for some or a continent presented as a land plagued by many issues such as war and disease for...
Veronique Belinga
Jul 19, 20173 min read
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Colour Blindness
At the age of 11 my best friend told me that to her, I was not black. “I don’t even see it”, she said, convinced that she was doing me a...
Amuna Wagner
Jul 11, 20174 min read
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Reclaiming Spaces and Identity Through Literature
I make no secret of the fact that books were my first love. My relationship with literature was in some senses about escapism. I sought...
Amarachi Iheke
Jul 7, 20174 min read
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Why we need more Black Women in Hip-Hop
Music isn’t just pleasant to sing to, dance to or even listen to. It goes far beyond this as it not only has the power to influence our...
Shanae Ennis-Melhado
Jul 6, 20173 min read
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Theorising the Politics of Self-Care
Loving yourself as a black woman is a radical act. An intentional process. No doubt, a process which is always ongoing. This act involves...
Veronica Kimani
Mar 13, 20173 min read
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Voiceless
Flailing, twisted, contorted and trapped within a prison of my own creation. Thoughts that travel from my mind quickly swallowed and...
Rhoda Ola-said
Mar 10, 20174 min read
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I am not your token
I went through most of my schooling years in the UK not quite knowing where I fit in with friends. I remember coming into year 6, as the...
Amarachi Iheke
Feb 5, 20173 min read
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Care Free Black Girl
In the wistful months of summer, where the days were providing a fierce 30 degree heat, I had reluctantly left my air conditioned office...
Rhoda Ola-said
Jan 30, 20172 min read
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The personal is the political
Often times as Black women, we are expected to have a higher emotional tolerance and are held to a standard which our white counterparts...
Amarachi Iheke
Jan 29, 20172 min read
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Pain and Realisations: A reflection on 2K16
Kylie Jenner said it best, 2016 is the year of realising stuff and stuff I did realise. However, the most important thing I realised was...
Amarachi Iheke
Jan 29, 20173 min read
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Black like me
I am mixed-raced, half Guyanese and half English. But I’ve always referred to myself as black. I probably learnt this from my mum, and...
Orealla Felix-Smith
Jan 27, 20175 min read
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Has natural hair become romanticised?
In the last few years there has been a flood of black women giving up the creamy crack and growing their natural kinky, textured hair....
Rhoda Ola-Said
Jan 18, 20173 min read
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My Head Wrap and I
My head wrap and I. A satin saviour in the dark night from the lying comforts of inviting pillows which like to scratch and pull at the...
Rhoda Ola-Said
Sep 4, 20162 min read
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‘African’ prints and styles, a Pan-African resurgence?
From the black and white images of afro-domed black icons in the diaspora such as Maya Angelou, Malcom-X, Nina Simone and Angela Davis,...
Amarachi Iheke
Sep 4, 20163 min read
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The Black Nod
Although the title may seem strange to some, to most of the black community out there, especially in the diaspora, the black nod is an...
Rhoda Ola-Said
Sep 4, 20162 min read
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On the brutalisation of black and brown bodies: From Baton Rouge to Baghdad
From Sir Chilcot’s damning condemnation of Tony Blair’s illegal and brutal war in Iraq to the recent murder of Alton Sterling in Baton...
Amarachi Iheke
Sep 4, 20163 min read
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