Sadly, last week, England lost the Euro 2020 final and I must say, it was a focal low point for this country. Though, not because of the loss, but because of what it, shall we say, re-revealed. Read more

Society’s embrace of the Strong Black Woman leaves little room for Black Women to be vulnerable. Through it, we are robbed of softness and of delicacy. We are forced to be the pillars of our community, while being silenced and subjected to misogynoir. I have only just begun to dissect the Strong Black Woman and how she has impacted me personally. But I hope that in sharing my process, together we can learn to make space for the Vulnerable Black Woman, because she is the one we need to be praising. She is the one we need to uphold. Read more

Join me in Part II as I take a deep dive into my experience as a second-generation immigrant born in the UK and how that impacted my ability to assimilate within Zimbabwean society and connect with my Southern African culture. My journey to understand my identity has taught me a lot. But perhaps the greatest lesson of all has been that regardless of where we are born in this world and regardless of how far away our feet may carry us from home, at the end of the day, we all came from and belong to the village. Read more

This week we welcome guest writer Ruvarashe Manhombo, a Zimbabwean native who studies and works in Mauritius. In Part I she discusses the divide she has felt within the Zimbabwean diaspora and the impact classism as had on both the national and international community. Today, Ruvarashe’s truth is the tea and she is spilling it. So what are you waiting for? Boil that kettle! Read more

Last year’s Black Lives Matter protests saw the buzzwords ‘diversity and inclusion’ thrust to centre stage in many arenas; government, mental health, education and the flavour of this week’s tea, the workplace. Join us as guest writer Amelia Parker dives into the topic of diversity and inclusion, opens up about her experience as a Woman of colour in a predominantly White industry and offers some worthwhile advice to budding professionals looking to either start or change their career. Read more

They’ll tell you that we’re not the same; that a country like the UK is inherently different to any post colonial African nation. But, tell me now the difference between the first world and the third world if in both of these places the children are starving… Read more

This week we’ll be curing the UK of its historic amnesia. There’s much about our British history that the powers that be would have us forget. However, there is much worth remembering! And so, may this Black History Month signify the beginning of all of our culture all awakenings! Black History is just British history after all... Read more

For many, names are not just labels. Instead, they are rooted in our sense of self, our identity and connect us to our individual cultures. Thus, our names are not interchangeable. Alas, ‘our diverse nation of equal opportunities’ very rarely respects that truth. Name discrimination; an unfortunate reality the British Other is forced to face in the UK. Read more

We all want to be liked. But, there is nothing cute about being fetishized for the colour of your skin. It’s not the same thing as authentic attraction. There is a difference, though it may not always be immediately obvious. Still, I think it’s time we start challenging ourselves, don’t you? Read more

I was about 22 when I truly began to realise just how much my Blackness had affected my treatment at school and many of my life experiences. Admittedly it was a lot to process and so, I wrote about it to help remove the weight of it. An anecdote, if you will, because if we can’t laugh we have to cry, right? Read more