The V&A East’s Inaugural Exhibition: ‘The Music Is Black’
Ahead of the official opening on 18th April, Afropean.com attended an exclusive viewing of the V&A East Museum and its landmark exhibition featuring our very
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘My Father’s Shadow’ and African Hope in Black British Cinema
BAFTA award-winning film My Father’s Shadow, hailed as a ‘historical family heirloom for Nigeria’ by its director Akinola Davies Jr, tells an intimate semi-autobiographical tale
View ArticleBest of…2025 Playlists: Chanelle’s Picks
The Afropean.com team is excited to be continuing our Best of…End of Year tradition in 2025. We have a few new names all up
View ArticleAcademy Breakin’ Convention: hip hop theatre school at Sadler’s Wells East
Academy Breakin’ Convention (ABC), a brand-new school offering the UK’s first free Level 3 Qualification specific to hip hop theatre – officially opens from Monday 8
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...
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 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: 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 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 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 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: 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: 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 ArticleIn 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...
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An Extract from Bringing Up Race by Uju Asika
In Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World, author Uju Asika examines the impact of racism on children and adults, and explores how parents can raise their kids to be...
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Event Review: Révolution Rap: Une Histoire Africaine + Great Black Music
Written by Tola Ositelu ONHA live at Revolution Rap Révolution Rap: Une Histoire Africaine? This autumn the Central Brussels hub Point Culture celebrates the transatlantic musical exchange that is...
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Sunday Poem: The Writing on the Wall
‘Wogs out’ the graffiti sprayed In those Bedfordshire days That led me to question With what affection was my sort held? Signed ‘NF’ in marker pen iridescence On pallid South Beds Council urinals...
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Behind Somalia’s Architectural Renaissance: I
Written by Adama Juldeh Munu Rebuilding after conflict is never simple. Countries such as Rwanda, Bosnia and Sierra Leone can attest to this. In this series, Adama speaks to Somali-Europeans that are...
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BABYLON – FORTY YEARS ON
Written by Tom Pointon In 2010 I ran a one-day workshop at Gloucester Guildhall Arts Centre entitled ‘Introduction to Black British Film’. Participants explored key concepts and ideas informing current...
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In Preliminal Space: Notes Before Leaving Home
Written by Oliver Taylor Nina Camara has a fascinating series featured on Afropean, called Liminal Space. At the centre of Nina’s interviews with other Afropeans is her interest in highlighting “the...
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