Nkenna Akunna on finding herself in Pinnock’s play Leave Taking, and what it means to be seen in a world built to erase you.
Returning to the London stage, ‘Umuada’ voices unspoken hurt in British Nigerian homes
On writing a play that confronts the nuances of mental health, migration and motherhood in the urban African diaspora.
In conversation with Last Yearz Interesting Negro
Our Skin Deep resident reviewer Nkenna Akunna spoke to performance artist Jamila Johnson Small.
Rolling Hills: brand new video from South London duo Sawa-Manga
The premier a visual feast, the debut music video from Sawa-Manga, blurring the line between the realm of visions and the waking day.
Skin Deep meets Nubya Garcia
We chat to London-based saxophonist Nubya Garcia about building on musical legacies, shaping her sound, and the meaning of hype.
Cultivating the everyday #BlackGirlMagic: The Year of the Rooster Monk at the Pleasance Theatre
Nkenna Akunna sits down with Giselle Gant and Nathalie Adlam to chat about The Year of the Rooster Monk at the Pleasance Theatre.
Loss, laughter and resisting the black universal: Nine Night at the National Theatre
Skin Deep’s Nkenna Akunna meets Roy Alexander Weise to talk about his play Nine Night, currently on at the National Theatre, London.
Skin Deep meets Rahill Jamalifard
Iranian-American lead singer of Habibi, Rahill Jamalifard, chats earthquakes, Shirazi poetry, and the internet.
Issue 8: MOVEMENTS
Help us explore the lesser-known histories of black and brown activism, the movement of bodies to music and across borders, and what moves you and those around you. DEADLINE: 28th May 2018.
Jollof Rice in an Underground Bunker
Because WWIII is inevitable, and in order to be prepared, we must learn the essentials: how to make jollof rice in dark and dire times.