The first time I met Gbemisola Ikumelo, she was 25, working on the production, Life On The Stairs, a play which explored the issues of knife crime in London. Since then she has gone on to bigger and better things. In 2008, she worked with Tiata Fahodzi as an assistant director and in 2009, was [...]
Ashok Viswanathan is co-founder and deputy coordinator of OBV. In his own words, he explains why Britain’s ethnic minorities must and need to participate in the political process of the nation.
Belinda: In comparison to the African American experience where politics is concerned, how much work does the Black British community of Britain still need to [...]
Lee Jasper is a political commentator and a leading campaigner for social justice and race equality. He was a Senior Policy Advisor on Equalities for the former Mayor of Greater London and was recently awarded the 2010 Life Time Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution in the fight for [...]
Lee Jasper is a political commentator and a leading campaigner for social justice and race equality. He was a Senior Policy Advisor on Equalities for the former Mayor of Greater London and was recently awarded the 2010 Life Time Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution in the fight for race equality in the UK [...]
Matilda MacAttram is one of the leading figures addressing the issue of mental health within the African-Caribbean community. She is the founder and director of Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK.) Launched in 2006, BMH UK campaigns to raise awareness about the inequality of mental health treatment provided to black [...]
Matilda MacAttram is one of the leading figures addressing the issue of mental health within the African-Caribbean community. She is the founder and director of Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK.) Launched in August 2006, BMH UK campaigns to raise awareness about the inequality of mental health treatment provided to black communities. In her own [...]
A collection of engaging, insightful and provocative essays, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, shares his critical perspectives on Africa and the African Diaspora through the lens of an African intellectual. Zeleza, who was born in Harare and raised in Malawi, is a renowned scholar, teaching across the continents of Africa and North America. He is also an [...]
Welcome to Nairobi, where the heat makes New Orleans on a hot summer day feel like spring. An unknown white woman is murdered and her body is left on the doorstep of a Rwanda Professor, Joshua Hakizimana, revered for the lives he saved during the Rwanda genocide. A bad combination for a murder investigation
Interestingly, the [...]
On Monday, I posted the first of my two-part series with Derrick Abaka Ashong, a social entrepreneur, artist, radio host and leader, who is passionate about empowering others to become leaders. In today’s interview, Ashong, also known as DNA, tells us about his music and the online video which went viral, after he was recorded [...]
Described as the voice of a new generation, he calls himself a song for all the people; Derrick Nana Kwesi Abaka Ashong, popularly known as DNA, is armed with a vision that cuts across racial, social and political barriers. Artistically talented, intellectually astute, politically informed and socially connected, with a magnetic personality laced with a [...]
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