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05Jan/21
Cover of Inua Ellams's The Actual

Close reading of Inua Ellams’s ‘Fuck / Tupac’ from The Actual

5 January 2021Close readingInua Ellamsadmin

Close reading of Inua Ellams’s ‘Fuck / Tupac’ from The Actual Chelsea Haith In this short essay we take a closer look at how Ellams’s verse integrates contemporary cultural references and largerRead More…

01Dec/20
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Essay extract from ‘Natives: Autobiography and Anti-Racism After Empire’

1 December 2020EssaysAkalaadmin

Essay extract from ‘Natives: Autobiography and Anti-Racism After Empire’ Dominic Davies For the historian of Black Britain, David Olusoga, Akala’s Natives is not “an easy book to categorise”: “It has been describedRead More…

03Nov/20
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A personal response to Afropean by a classical archaeologist

3 November 2020EssaysJohny Pittsadmin

A personal response to Afropean by a classical archaeologist Lucia Nixon, Wolfson College, Oxford As a classical archaeologist, I take a long view of ‘Europe’. In Afropean, Johny Pitts visits seven countries.Read More…

01Nov/20
The cover of Johny Pitts's Afropean

Talking Afropean: Johny Pitts in conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Simukai Chigudu

1 November 2020VideosJohny Pittsadmin

Talking Afropean: Johny Pitts in conversation with Elleke Boehmer and Simukai Chigudu This Writers Make Worlds and TORCH panel discussion was streamed live on 22 October 2020. It featured the author JohnyRead More…

28Sep/20
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A close-reading of Anthony Joseph’s ‘Bosch’s Vision’ from Bird Head Son (2009)

28 September 2020Close reading, EssaysAnthony Josephadmin

A close-reading of Anthony Joseph’s ‘Bosch’s Vision’ from Bird Head Son (2009) Christopher J. Griffin The focus of this commentary is on the first poem of Anthony Joseph’s third poetry collection, BirdRead More…

28Aug/20
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An Interview with Raymond Antrobus

28 August 2020Audio, Essays, ResourcesRaymond Antrobusadmin

An Interview with Raymond Antrobus Daniele Nunziata In this interview, Raymond Antrobus speaks about the relationship between literature and education, as well as the impact of family, mental health, immigration, and spiritualityRead More…

28Aug/20
antrobus the perseverance

Reflections on Raymond Antrobus’s ‘I Want the Confidence of’

28 August 2020Close reading, EssaysRaymond Antrobusadmin

Reflections on Raymond Antrobus’s ‘I Want the Confidence of’ Daniele Nunziata This commentary section features Raymond Antrobus’ poem ‘I Want the Confidence of’ from his collection The Perseverance. The poem explores theRead More…

23Jun/20
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Postcolonial Attitudes Matter: the Rhodes Must Fall resurgence in Oxford

23 June 2020Essaysadmin

On 9 June 2020, over a thousand protestors gathered on Oxford’s High Street in front of Oriel College’s statue of Cecil John Rhodes, calling for its removal.

23Jun/20
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George Floyd and Steve Biko: Vital Points of Connection

23 June 2020EssaysSteve Bikoadmin

Current Black Lives Matter protests are putting unprecedented pressure on the racial injustices which Black people face in all walks of life in this country and elsewhere.

09Jun/20
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Noughts + Crosses review

9 June 2020EssaysMalorie Blackmanadmin

Noughts + Crosses review Sam Arnon Noughts + Crosses, the TV adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s series of novels, manages brilliantly to transfer Blackman’s sentiments and intentions onto the small screen. In aRead More…

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