Category: People
People,
Skin Deep Meets
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Skin Deep meets Hanif Abdurraqib
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Skin Deep meets Hanif Abdurraqib
Nkenna Akunna talks to Hanif Abdurraqib about his book ‘They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us,’ a stunning interrogation of the United States through music.
People,
Skin Deep Meets
Representing the Black Diaspora: Aml Ameen and Shantol Jackson on the importance of Idris Elba’s ‘Yardie’
Representing the Black Diaspora: Aml Ameen and Shantol Jackson on the importance of Idris Elba’s ‘Yardie’
Nkenna Akunna meets with Aml Ameen and Shantol Jackson to talk about their roles in Idris Elba's directorial debut, 'Yardie'.
Activism,
Magazine,
People
Skin Deep Futures
Skin Deep Futures
In looking to the future, Skin Deep platforms grassroots collectives that are working in different ways to uplift their communities.
People
Breakin’ shit down and workin’ shit out: a dissection of anti-black racism, action and protest in ‘ear for eye’
Breakin’ shit down and workin’ shit out: a dissection of anti-black racism, action and protest in ‘ear for eye’
Nkenna Akunna meets Kayla Meikle to talk about her role in debbie tucker green's latest production 'ear for eye' at the Royal Court, London.
People
Simi Agbaje is highlighting the minds behind the music
Simi Agbaje is highlighting the minds behind the music
The Producers Edit, an early evening foray into the musical minds of some of the UK’s most talented producers.
People
“What they know about a black woman soul?” Reflections on Winsome Pinnock’s Leave Taking
“What they know about a black woman soul?” Reflections on Winsome Pinnock’s Leave Taking
Nkenna Akunna on finding herself in Pinnock's play Leave Taking, and what it means to be seen in a world built to erase you.
People
Returning to the London stage, ‘Umuada’ voices unspoken hurt in British Nigerian homes
Returning to the London stage, ‘Umuada’ voices unspoken hurt in British Nigerian homes
On writing a play that confronts the nuances of mental health, migration and motherhood in the urban African diaspora.
People
Loss, laughter and resisting the black universal: Nine Night at the National Theatre
Loss, laughter and resisting the black universal: Nine Night at the National Theatre
Skin Deep's Nkenna Akunna meets Roy Alexander Weise to talk about his play Nine Night, currently on at the National Theatre, London.
People
WHAT ARE YOU READING??
WHAT ARE YOU READING??
Hello to our latest episode of What Are You Reading??, our semi-regular series of flash reviews.
Our first review today is of Dina Nayeri’s Refuge, which was published by Riverhead Books in July 2017, and chronicles the subtle impact of her journey into and in exile.
People
Media Amnesia: Remembering Somalia After the Fact
Media Amnesia: Remembering Somalia After the Fact
When the 24 hour news cycle forgets attacks in the global south, what can we do to keep them at the forefront?
People
WHAT ARE YOU READING??
WHAT ARE YOU READING??
Hello and welcome to our latest episode of WHAT ARE YOU READING??, our monthly thread where we ask our followers what writers of colour they're reading. This week we’re reviewing three books in translation!