Bim Adewunmi’s debut play ‘Hoard’ explores the contours of a multi-generational British Nigerian family.
Category: Art
Noughts and Crosses – why Malorie Blackman’s tale is still so relevant today.
Nkenna Akunna chats to actor Heather Agyepong about playing Sephy in Sabrina Mahfouz’s adaptation of Noughts & Crosses.
How can we go forward if we don’t make peace with our past?
Skin Deep’s Nkenna Akunna meets Shingai to have an honest conversation about growing up, ancient civilizations and dealing with grief.
On Obibini and Cultural Influences: In Conversation with Arts Foundation Futures Winner, Kwame Asafo-Adjei
Nominating Kwame Asafo-Adjei for the Arts Foundation Futures award, Robert Hylton interviews the now winner on cultural identity, dance and the influences he draws from.
What happens when the people at the bottom of the empire tell the story?
On basking in the glory of history being made on stage in Lynette Linton and Adjoa Andoh’s Richard II revival.
Touching Bass’ first label release – from Hiatus Kaiyote’s Clever Austin
It isn’t very often that music can move you to tears while simultaneously making you screw up your face with equal parts confusion and delight.
Skin Deep meets Palestinian singer, songwriter and rapper Maysa Daw
Haifa-born singer, songwriter, rapper, and musician Maysa Daw is a member of Palestinian hip-hop group DAM. Courtney Yusuf caught up with Maysa ahead of the release of their new album, ‘Ben Haana wa Maana’.
Chant Down Babylon: we chat to curators Tobi Kyeremanteng & Ruthie Osterman
In a celebration of Black and Brown lives and experiences, Skin Deep’s Nkenna Akunna chats to Tobi and Ruthie on the creation of Babylon Festival.
The Object of My Gaze
Marcia Michael’s recent project ‘I Am Now You – Mother’ visualises matrilineage through the body of her mother as a way of telling our own stories.
The Moon Is A Meme
Part of Freeword’s THIS IS PRIVATE series, ‘The Moon Is A Meme’ explores the notion of privacy in an era of surveillance from the perspective of a young British-Asian Muslim man.