Being a young woman these days comes with a lot of body policing and varied opinions on how we should behave. It’s fair to say when observing a young woman dancing, there are certain things ...
As human beings we may all be a part of the same species, living on the same planet, but our experiences as we navigate the world we live in differ greatly. Racism has long played ...
Malorie Blackman’s award-winning cult novel, Noughts & Crosses, is finally receiving the sleek TV adaptation it deserves. A love story centring around an interracial couple in a time where mixed race relationships are forbidden, Sephy ...
Across the globe, beauty means different things to different people. There’s an innate connection without our inner beauty and outer beauty, and much of this is deep-rooted in cultural traditions and heritage. Throughout the world, ...
“Everyone wants to be black until it’s time to be black.” This phrase has never been truer. There is a desire from non-black (N-B) people to emulate black features and black cultural practices in today’s ...
Words are undeniably powerful. So much so, that when there is not a word for something, we might be led to believe that such a thing does not exist. This is perhaps why when describing ...
Trump and Slumflower What do Trump and the Slumflower have in common? Due to the platforms they hold, they have become poster children for social issues that far exceed their understanding. They are both majorly ...
Bird box took the world by storm in the past week, being a film most of us hadn’t heard of before seeing the memes about it on Twitter. I watched Birdbox with my sister the ...
In a couple of weeks, I’ll be travelling to my country of origin, Nigeria. It’s been 5 years since I was last there, and although I have yearned for this trip for a while, I ...