Pedro Kouyaté is not a typical griot artist. In West Africa, griots are the guardians of oral tradition. They can be historians, storytellers or musicians. Pedro was born of griot ancestors but he has grown tired of this world. His mind wanders elsewhere. When he was younger he rather enjoyed hanging out at Siby, his…
London College of Communication (LCC) is to host a discussion around race equality in creative higher education on January 23, with the aim of generating ideas to form strategies for long-term change. Located in Southwark, one of London’s most ethnically diverse communities; LCC is the perfect setting in which to engage the public with an…
London-based fashion designer Samantha-Jane Agbontaen, who specialises in luxury womenswear with eco-values, is to showcase her collection at Berlin Fashion week in the New Year. Samantha Jane is renowned for creating unique, feminine and alluring designs form women who enjoy wearing exquisite clothing. The brand, Fabryan, was developed in September 2010 with its studio in…
This book explores black male/female relationships in the west and suggests seven steps to solving the crisis in relationships based on secondary research, personal stories and opinions gathered from a wide cross-section of people. It touches on some really important issues about building and maintaining sustainable relationships. The seven steps outlined give some interesting, practical…
Habeeb Akande is the author of a recently published book called Illuminating the Darkness: Blacks and North Africans in Islam, that seeks to critically address the issue of racial discrimination and colour prejudice in religious history. After graduating with a first class honours degree in business and film studies from Kingston University, Habeeb headed to…
The University of East London (UEL) has launched a new initiative to help better prepare its black and minority ethnic (BME) students for a successful career in the world of business. Funded by the Noon Foundation, The Noon Centre for Equality and Diversity in Business was officially opened this week at UEL’s Royal Docks Business…
Education is the key to success and the bedrock of the development of every nation including those of Africa. One does not need to be an expert in education or hold a doctorate degree in education to know that the future of Ghana’s education is in jeopardy and this in my view should be blamed…