Siana Bangura and Christina Nicole, in partnership with English Touring Theatre, announce a new podcast series Behind the Curtains, spotlighting Black creatives in the theatre industry. The series, hosted by Siana Bangura and Christina Nicole and co-produced by ETT, Bangura, and Nicole, will feature conversations with Black theatre-makers and creatives about their career experiences and navigating […]
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The Slay In Your Lane girls are back! And this time, they’ve curated a stunning collection of punchy, smart, and hard-hitting essays by 20 Black female writers in the UK asking ‘what on earth is next?’ – and the timing is pretty perfect. I am thrilled to be one of these writers, having contributed an […]
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My goodness, it’s been a long time since I updated things around here. So much so I had to dust off the cobwebs, pull up a chair, and speak to you directly! In two years, so much has happened – some experiences I’ve written about, some experiences I will write about, and some experiences will […]
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“The thing that gets reaffirmed for me every time I attend a No Fly on the WALL event is just how much we all have in common. It always strikes me that a Black woman sitting across the room from me whom I’ve never met before can sing my whole life back to me without […]
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We’re starting the new year strong at SB HQ. We are thrilled to finally share that Siana will be joining lifestyle and fashion brand, Sassy Tees, as their new Creative Director, alongside founder and CEO Barbara Ntumy. Known for her quirky and vintage-inspired wardrobe, as well as her political and creative work, Siana will be […]
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‘Calling people out works but we must differentiate between when we are dealing with a lack of understanding, and when we are being intentionally baited… Writer Siana Bangura says on Instagram: “As much as we must keep being angry and using that as fuel for action, I’m really trying to use my energy productively this […]
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The ‘Re-imagining Black Britain’ Conference is a one-off collaboration between Black British platforms and organisations No Fly on the WALL, Sassy Tees, We Are Superwoman and Cultured Lens. The conference aims to bring together a wide range of attendees, speakers, facilitators, and performers for a day of inspiration, celebration, collaboration, and re-imagining. With panels exploring identity […]
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‘The work on show ranged in style and medium from photography, paintings and digital art. The exhibition succeeds in deconstructing this negative stereotype in presenting a more nuanced approach of what it means to be a Black woman based in individuality, multiple identities and above all humanity. My eyes were immediately drawn to Paris Walkers’ […]
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The angry black woman trope is a longstanding widely spread pernicious stereotype of black women that has found its way into mainstream popular culture, the media, working environments, schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions as well as rearing its ugly head in everyday interactions and the personal lives of black women. More often than not, […]
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Catch Siana THIS Sunday (29th October 2017) at the UK’s first one-day festival celebrating Black British girls and women. From 15.30 to 16.20, Siana will be on a panel chaired by Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, the co-founder & executive director of UK Black Pride. Other panellists include: Gena-mour Barrett, staff writer at Buzzfeed; Sian Anderson, BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ […]
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