Theatre reviewer Ilayda McIntosh reviews the jazzy, live band presentation of Play On! at Lyric Hammersmith.

Ballet Black’s founder Cassa Poncho, on founding the dance school, their upcoming performance at Stratford East and what audiences can learn

On the early morning of a Saturday in September, Xenia is emphatic on our FaceTime call as she tells me about an audio recording she has...

Yemi Alade is a household name. Her breakout song Johnny , released in 2013 instantly secured her place in Afrobeats Royalty. She has now...

For her debut project, Nice, Amindi didn’t want to write about romantic love. “You know the Bechdel test? I wanted my project to pass the...

In November, 2023 Rema became just the fifth afrobeats artist to sell out the 20,000 capacity O2 Arena London. This feat followed an...

These days, it’s quite rare to enter the dance without hearing the soulful sounds of Amapiano. What started in the townships of South...

In ‘Jolene,’ the opening track in Joshua Baraka’s EP ‘Growing Pains,’ he yearns for an estranged lover; My darling Jolene/ Won’t you come...

With spring finally here, we’re getting out and about and you can too with a National Art Pass. 

This Week In Theatre we're reviewing the revival of 20-year-old, The Big Life as well as the debut play Shifters.

Lyric Hammersmith's 'School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play takes it's audience 3000 miles away from hectic London to Ghana.

In the latest post on Vandezine, the newsletter with updates from the Vandelay radio station crew, co-founder Dare offers some words of...

Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie Genre: Literary Fiction Themes: Friendship, Womanhood, Race, Class Summary: When Selasi and Akorfa were...

“Women, Black women, lovers of love, I love us so much,” Bolu Babalola says towards the end of the interview. It's in this simple avowal...

1. Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson Genre: Fiction Themes: Coming of Age, Faith, Family, Love Summary: The one thing that can solve...

Review of Ryan Calais Cameron's 'For Black Boys' which is currently running at West End's Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave.

Q&A with Heather Agyepong, star of Amazon Prime Video's new series, The Power.

In conversation with Writer Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini about their play 'Sleepova' which is currently running at Bush Theatre.

Album review of Kelela's new 'Raven'. A dance album and a celebration of Blackness and Queerness

“When I played my new music to my friends, they called me a bully,” Kel-P teasingly mentions about halfway into our conversation, “they...