In Liminal Space Part 5
Written by Nina Camara In Liminal Space is a series of interviews in which I want to highlight the experiences of people who have decided to leave an environment which did not reflect their story, for...
View ArticleSiyah: Muhammad Shitta Bey and the First Mosque in Lagos, Nigeria
This is the sixth instalment in ‘Siyah’, a series which explores African Diaspora and Turkish social and cultural narratives, with journalist Adama Juldeh Munu. Hassam Munir alludes to some of the...
View ArticleSiyah: Zanzibar and Southern Africa – Imperial Visions and Ottoman...
This is the seventh instalment in ‘Siyah’, a series which explores African Diaspora and Turkish social and cultural narratives, with journalist Adama Juldeh Munu. Ahmet Kavas explores how the Ottoman...
View ArticleSIYAH: The Sultans of Jazz: Part I
A Reappraisal of the Turkish Influence on African-American Music Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegün were two Turkish teenagers who arrived in the United States in 1935. But they could not have possibly known the...
View ArticleSIYAH: The Sultans of Jazz: Part II
A Reappraisal of the Turkish Influence on African-American Music Adama Juldeh Munu speaks to filmmaker Ümran Safter over her new feature-length documentary on the Ertegün Brothers, who left an...
View ArticleBehold, I Am Here: Juan de Pareja’s Remarkable Self-Portrait
Written by Robert Fikes, Jr., Emeritus Librarian, San Diego State University In discussions and biographies of the highly regarded Baroque Afro-Spanish artist Juan de Pareja it is routinely overlooked...
View ArticleSiyah: The “Blaxit” Years of James Baldwin
This is the fifteenth instalment in ‘Siyah’, a series which explores African Diaspora and Turkish social and cultural narratives, with journalist Adama Juldeh Munu. Afropean look at celebrated...
View ArticleAppropriated Appellations, Cultural Fluidity, and Perpetual Dis-Location: An...
Written by Tola Ositelu Writer, teacher and father-of-three, Andrew Geoffrey Kwabena Moss is even busier than usual. He’s hard on the publicity drive for his debut novella for young adults, Nicked...
View ArticleSiyah: From the Black Atlantic to Istanbul’s ‘Cool’
This article is the sixteenth instalment of Siyah, which explores the relationship between the African Diaspora and Turkish social and cultural narratives. Journalist Adama Juldeh Munu summarises Derya...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Bantú Mama’
Written by Tola Ositelu French national, Emmanuelle (Clarisse Albrecht) is apprehended on the way back from the Dominican Republic for suspected drug trafficking. Whilst en route to detention, her...
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