August 1, 2013
Travel to the beautiful island of Dominica as one man documents his journey of discovery, of identity, of the birthplace of his father and of a legacy for future generations. This inspirational film will celebrate a small and unknown island and place it firmly on the map. Follow Richard’s progress at www.mydominicastory.tumblr.com where you can also make a donation. ‘iD’ Writer/Director Richard Etienne learns of his father’s Dominican nickname from his great aunt Vera.
August 1, 2013
After five star reviews and breaking history in Cambridge, Justina Kehinde and Ifeyinwa Frederick are bringing Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls [Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf] to London for one night only. The play, a choreopoem originally written by Ntozake Shange, will be staged at the Canada Water Culture Space on Friday, September 13, 7.30pm – followed by a Q&A with the cast and crew hosted by Hannah Pool. The original Cambridge run of the play directed and produced by […]
July 31, 2013
When he was 15-years-old Jamal Edwards started filming his friends on a camera he was given for Christmas. By 22 he had got his own broadcasting company worth £8 million and a place on the Sunday Times rich list. Jamal who has just published his first book, told BBC Breakfast that his success is down to the fact that he was consistent and had a niche. “There’s probably a thousand other people who are filming as well but i did it in […]
July 31, 2013
BBC Newsbeat reports that mogul and co-founder of Def Jam Records Russell Simmons is to launch a new record label. Def Music will work in partnership with YouTube and Universal Records and the aim is to showcase new talent who upload their music on the video sharing site Simmons said in a statement: “This is the most exciting new terrain for me,” “I look forward to working with the extraordinary talent from the vastly creative YouTube ecosystem in the same way I’ve worked […]
July 31, 2013
Via BBC News The mother of the murdered London teenager Stephen Lawrence is to be made a Labour peer. Doreen Lawrence has led a long campaign to find out what happened to her son, who was killed in a racially aggravated attack in 1993. Two men were eventually convicted of his murder in 2011. A Labour source said leader Ed Miliband felt Mrs Lawrence was a “hero of modern Britain” and “voices like hers” should be heard in Parliament. Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence […]
July 31, 2013
Here we go with this “URBAN” talk again. Anyway what is going on with the UK “URBAN” music scene? Is it thriving or is it a rotting carcass lying in the streets? Where you at TEAM “URBAN”??? Hahahaha. … Your thoughts please…..
July 31, 2013
A 12 year old girl was brutally raped in the early hours of Saturday morning in Walthamstow between 12.15am and 12.30am Police said in a statement: This was a very nasty attack on a vulnerable girl just 12-years-old by a group of older males who engaged her in conversation before leading her to a secluded area (.The incident took place in Hibbert Road). She was pinned down and two of the males then brutally raped her. I would appeal for anyone with information […]
July 30, 2013
14 September 2013 – 9 February 2014 Afro Supa Hero is a snapshot of a childhood and journey to adulthood, shown through a personal collection of pop cultural heroes and heroines of the African diaspora. Jon Daniel’s action figures, comic books and games offer an insight into the experience of a boy of African Caribbean heritage growing up in 1960s and 1970s Britain, in search of his identity. Born in East Sheen in southwest London and as the child of West Indian […]
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