Patrisse Khan-Cullors is an artist, organiser and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, California and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. Join Black Lives Matter UK organisers for a day of inspiration, energy and organising at Impact Hub Birmingham. From 6pm, join Siana Bangura in conversation with the writer and organiser to reflect on her […]
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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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‘Who Got the Juice’ is a monthly PODCAST airing exclusively on Newstyle Radio focused on creating change for PEOPLE OF COLOUR with hosts Rakeem Omar, Sara Abbott & Aliyah Hasinah. In episode 6 the presenters discuss gentrification & the awful, devastating tragedy of Grenfell Tower. Siana Bangura joined them in the studio to lament the tragedy, […]
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Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House. In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, “Remember This House.” The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close […]
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Siana Bangura 