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Author: Nkenna A Ibeakanma

Nkenna A Ibeakanma is an Igbo writer-performer from London.

Nickel Boys shows us the power of the Black gaze

Image: MGM/Everett
Image: MGM/Everett

Director RaMell Ross’ use of point-of-view makes for immersive storytelling. But he shows care for the viewer, and never makes a spectacle of Black death.

Published 7 February 2025
Categorised as Reflections

States of Black

On being black on both sides of the Atlantic and diasporic rootlessness

Published 9 February 2016
Categorised as Online Articles, Reflections

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