This UK Black History Month, we thought we’d serve up some book and drink pairings to keep you refreshed on your reading journeys. Sourced from across the Black world, the 10 books on this list are a reminder that Black History is bigger than a month. These are stories rooted in histories, traditions and cultures, […]
Dear Black: The Literary Salon Community, Considering the urgency of the situation unfolding in Nigeria, we feel that we cannot have an intellectually removed discussion about telling stories and making history when there are bodies on the street and police shooting continues in Lagos and elsewhere in Nigeria. We feel we must direct our energy, […]
What we are seeing in Nigeria at the moment: people going into the streets to protest police brutality against everyday citizens, is not new, and that, the rebuilding and returning to the same places that they are terrorised daily, to demand change, is what makes the actions of the thousands who have taken to the […]
Because so much of 2020 has been about Coronavirus and lockdown, we decided to ask some of our faves about what has kept them sane and grounded over the last few months. To kick off this series, our very own Publishing Director, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf shares her lockdown moments. I Listened to… During the lockdown, I […]
African media give undue relevance, privilege and recognition to works by Africans produced in the West while conveniently overlooking the exact same works available in the country.
