Searching for my roots in an Algerian cemetery
In our series of letters from African journalists, Maher Mezahi writes about…
‘I felt seriously cheated’ – Djimon Hounsou
From sleeping rough in Paris to being cast as a slave three…
My teenage cousin pushed me to go to university
The tutor on my exercise science course pointed me towards literature, and…
Realising my dream to become a novelist at the age of 19
I wrote the first draft in a ghetto in Lagos, working on…
Born and raised in Kenya, I yearned for Croydon
‘I relished how familiar it all felt’ … Eric Otieno Sumba. Photograph: Supplied…
‘He put young Black creators in positions of power’ – how the late Virgil Abloh shook up fashion
His death last year at 41 left a chasm in the industry.…
My life with borderline personality disorder
Compassion and empathy really lacked for me in that environment (boarding school),…
Michaela Coel and the path to Wakanda forever
Michaela Coel doesn’t like to sit still; she’s a self-described mover, the…
I can change the way Black women are seen – Viola Davis
Viola Davis is tired. I know because she has told me –…
“It put my life in great jeopardy” – the Tanzanian tackling a taboo
"For us here in Tanzania, it would have been the end of…
