Street-smart rap from an incarcerated perspective
Skin Deep meets Nida Manzoor
Nida Manzoor on filmmaking, badass superheroes and Pakistani stereotypes
African Lockdown
Missed opportunities, clubbing and invasive bible studies
Through Our Lens: Britain Better Have My Money
Images of the Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford protest
Rhodes’ Legacy: From Dylann Roof to Oxford
Rhodes Must Fall: the movement beyond the statue
Skin Deep meets Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed talks socialism, islamophobia and Ali G
Electroluminescence: A Disruption of Space
Starting a conversation about drones one cup a time
The Anatomy of a Genocide
There is no imminence to unrest, its origins can be plotted like old genealogy maps. When unrest arrives it bears down in the same way the heaviness of thunderclouds breaks, there is almost a sense of satisfaction when the anticipation finds physical release. The transition of Sri Lanka from colonised to liberated was made with… Continue reading The Anatomy of a Genocide
Displaced, Misplaced, Replaced
Are we repeating history? How the current migrant ‘crisis’ is connected to the history of migration in Europe
X Men Immigrants
We don’t know it yet, but our streets are being lined with mutants That’s right, Cyclops, iceman, angel and storm Are reborn, unworn and not yet torn, And they walk between you and me, They sit beside you on the bus and the tube, They man CCTV and fight adversity They guard gas stations, sell… Continue reading X Men Immigrants