For the last few months, I have been thinking and vaguely discussing with my sister the idea of ‘something more than an oral history of Nigerians in Britain.” We all know Olaudah Equiano (hold tight, Nigerians in pre-1800 UK – braaap!) but how much do we know about the lives of British Nigerians over the [...]
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The Nigerian-British History Project
Posted in Black Fridays, Family, Identity, Nigeria, Society
Also tagged Best Of British, History, Nigeria, The African Experience, Writing
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Side Project – Alternative Black History Month Facts
Hey guys! For the month of October, my friend @RubyA_79 and I are running a small side project called Alternative Black History Month Facts. It’s a Tumblr blog, and we’d appreciate it if you followed us on there. Some of you who follow on Twitter will already be aware of the blog, as well as [...]
The Friday Pretty: All Black Everything
*Rebecca Black voice* FRIDAY, FRIDAY, GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY… Don’t act surprised – TFP will take Fridays any way it can. How are you all doing? Hope the week’s been smooth sailing for you. TFP had a good week: an offer of work – woot! – a catch up with friends and even time [...]
Posted in Beauty, Humour, The Friday Pretty
Also tagged Beautiful People, Male Beauty, Race, Things That Make You Go Mmm
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Meet The Adebanjos (Hopefully Unrelated To The Crouches)
Cast your minds back to 2003 – President Obama was still just a gleam in the American public’s eye, Martha Stewart was indicted, and the BBC gave us a new sitcom about a black family in south London. The buzz of the last item of news was quickly stamped out by the limp reality. The [...]
Cokes and Fantas
Last week, someone retweeted some ridiculousness into my Twitter feed. No need for me to set it up, take a look at the nonsense: THIS CAN’T BE LIFE.
Please Help Save ACLT
The African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT) is in trouble. You can read all about them and the work that they do here, but what is even more important is that you help if you can. You can do so in a number of ways, but the easiest methods are to: Text ‘ACLT’ to 70300 to [...]
Posted in Health & Fitness, Identity
Also tagged ACLT Charity, Best Of British, Charity
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Black Fridays: What’s Race Got To Do With It?
I read a fantastic piece on Jezebel several months back, written by Danielle Belton of The Black Snob. The article was about the tiers of commercial celebrity gossip which exist within mainstream media. Citing the then-recent Alicia Keys/Swizz Beats nuptials, Belton explained why the mainstream media did not mention the controversy surrounding their union – [...]
Posted in America, Black Fridays, Identity, Music
Also tagged Childhood, Labels, Music, Music Videos, R&B, Race, The Opposite of Joy, WTF
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Badass Women: Claudette Colvin & Rosa Parks
Today, 55 years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. It was an incident that would spark one of the biggest and most well-known chapters in the Civil Rghts Movement. The resulting bus boycott gave us several of the iconic images of the CRM and Rosa Parks [...]
Posted in America, Love, Politics, Society
Also tagged Black Girls Rock, Civil Rights Movement, Claudette Colvin, Feminism, Joy, Race, Rosa Parks, Women
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First Night: The Family
I loved The Family. Seriously, check my Twitter feed – I live-blogged the whole thing. The first episode centred around the 60th birthday of dad Sunday and all the things that revolve around such a momentous occasion. In this case, there was the baking and icing of several cakes, preparing for a special church outing [...]
Posted in Family, Humour, Identity, London, Nigeria, Television
Also tagged Best Of British, Family, London, Nigeria, Telly
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Black Girls Rock!
On Saturday night(!), I watched Black Girls Rock. I have my issues with BET – this network consistently commissions/buys/broadcasts ig’nant ish, and for that alone, I cannot fully get behind them. But with this, BET did good. Black Girls Rock is a non-profit organisation set up by former model and celebrity DJ Beverly Bond, to [...]
Posted in America, Identity, Love, Review, Society, Television
Also tagged Black Girls Rock, Feminism, Race, Telly, Women
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Meet The (Nigerian) Family
Returning tonight on Channel 4 is the third series of their documentary, The Family. This one follows the adventures of the Adesinas from Hackney (insert postcode whoop here). I’ve only seen a few episodes of previous series (series 1 had a white British family, season 2 a British Asian one), but I really enjoyed what [...]
Posted in Family, Humour, Identity, London, Nigeria, Society, Television
Also tagged Best Of British, Family, London, Nigeria, Telly
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Hit It Or Quit It?
A couple of weeks back, singer P!nk came out firmly on the side on spanking during an interview with Access Hollywood. She said: “I think parents need to beat the crap outta their kids… I think the whole spanking thing and how it’s gotten all PC is for the birds. (My dad) put me through [...]
Posted in America, Family, Home, Identity, Society
Also tagged Childhood, Discipline?, Smacking, Spanking, The African Experience
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Black Fridays: What Is This? Satire As Written By John Mayer?
Today, in which Blackness is exponentially multiplied (Black History Month launches and Nigeria is 50 today as well), it’s time to dust down the skirt and blouse, the pestle and mortar for pounded yam, the Supermalt, Samuel L F***ing Jackson himself. You know why? COS IT’S BLACK FRIDAY, BABY! On Thursday, the rage of a thousand [...]
Posted in America, Black Fridays, Society
Also tagged Blogging, Dating, Interracial, Men and Women, Race, Relationships, WTF
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All Black Everything*
Hi kids! It’s a veritable Feast of Blackness™ today on Yoruba Girl Dancing. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence from colonial rule (e ku ojo ibi!), as well as the beginning of Black History Month here in the UK. And as if that wasn’t enough, there’s Black Friday and The Friday Pretty – [...]
Posted in Black Fridays, Blog, Culture, Nigeria, The Friday Pretty
Also tagged Black History Month, Happy Birthday, Independence Day, Nigeria, Race, The African Experience
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An Open Letter To Black Magazines That Keep Folding In the UK
Dear Black Magazine That Keeps Folding In the UK, I see you, usually through a shop window. More often than not, you’re in WH Smith. I blink. I’ve seen you before; perhaps the last time there was a different woman on you, or maybe you wore a different outfit. Whatever it is, I know it’s [...]
Posted in Love, Magazines, Society
Also tagged Open Letter, The Opposite of Joy, Writing
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