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When a mundane life for Black people is no longer fantasy

Confronting the realisation that a mundane life is a privilege only available to those who are not under constant threat.

Published 9 June 2020
Categorised as Activism, Online Articles, Reflections

Resourcing Black Lives

You are not helpless in this moment. There is so much we can do to support black lives to flourish. So we’ve compiled some resources and suggestions.

Published 3 June 2020
Categorised as Actions, Activism, Online Articles, Policy

Skin Deep presents: Untold stories of environmental justice

We are making a collaborative documentary that celebrates the powerful environmental justice work done by people of colour in the UK.

Published 28 May 2020
Categorised as Actions, Activism, Online Articles

a moment of silence

As lockdowns stretch on, Nkenna Akunna reflects on how to find power in isolation.

Published 27 May 2020
Categorised as Art, Online Articles, Reflections

Is This the End? A note from our editors

Right now, more than ever, we need things that can build and strengthen our collective capacities to create, imagine and produce.

Published 18 March 2020
Categorised as Magazine, Online Articles, Reflections

Sonic Transmissions: House of Absolute

We go deep with House of Absolute, an all female powerhouse cultivating honest expression through dance and music.

Published 2 March 2020
Categorised as Art, Sonic Transmissions, Videos

Otherstani: a world without borders, imaged from behind bars

Poet Talha Ahsan spent eight years in UK and US prisons without trial.

Published 7 February 2020
Categorised as Activism, Art, Online Articles, Policy, Reflections, Videos

Skin Deep meets South London playwright and performer DK Fashola

DK Fashola talks to Courtney Yusuf about resisting the boxes with new narratives and multidisciplinary flow.

Published 29 January 2020
Categorised as Art, Online Articles, People, Skin Deep Meets

14 quick questions with Bklava

We caught up with DJ, vocalist and producer Bklava (yes, she has named herself after everyone’s favourite Lebanese dessert).

Published 27 January 2020
Categorised as Art, Skin Deep Meets

Skin Deep meets performance artist, theatre maker, poet and writer Travis Alabanza

“What I long for is a place where we can opt in or opt out, choose to be invisible if want to, choose to be visible if we want to.”

Published 30 November 2019
Categorised as Activism, Art, Online Articles, People, Skin Deep Meets

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