No stable electricity, bad roads, poor drainage, unemployment, low salaries, weak healthcare, terrible public transport, expensive rent… but somehow there’s a new restaurant, matcha café, or boba tea spot opening every 17 minutes in Accra
Journeys ~ Asafo flags exhibition from the Karun Thakar collection opens 22 May - 1st November @NTDyrhamPark
One of the most important West African art forms, these flags fuse European naval insignia with local traditions and symbolism.
If you’re Black British. This is the most fertile time to be a creative. Please. Believe in yourself. Birth your imaginations. Collaborate to bring things to life. You’re in one of the richest countries in the world and the infrastructure is there. Don’t sleep on yourself
She remortgaged her home. They said no. She built MOBO anyway.
30 years later, Black music is 80% of Britain’s recorded music revenue -£24.5 billion.
Kanya King didn’t ask for a seat at the table. She built the stage. Tonight, BBC 11:25pm. The MOBO Awards. Britain watches