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Diasporic Growing Pains & the Sudan Revolution

Amuna Wagner reflects on her evolving relationship with diaspora, transnational solidarity, and revolutionary upheaval.

South of Samora: A Journal for Poetics, Vol. 1. Limited edition, laser printed, black on coloured copy paper, 8 pages, folded dimensions 8,25x 11,75 inches. Second printing. (Interior spread, left. Front cover, right )

blank verse in freedom’s thinking

Print culture always responds to politics, especially amongst the large diaspora that had grown as a result of the mass migration out of Zimbabwe

Activism, Magazine

Skin Deep meets Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors

In the context of renewed outcry against the continuing violence of the state against Black people, we turned back to Kareli Lizárraga’s interview with Patrisse Khan Cullors.

Activism

Introducing the Black Creatives Fund

Donate to support the work of Black writers, illustrators and other creatives who contribute to and collaborate with Skin Deep.

Skin Deep is putting down stronger, deeper roots

We will move through this crisis, and keep building towards the radical transformation of culture we know is both possible and necessary.

Activism

When a mundane life for black people is no longer fantasy

Confronting the realisation that a mundane life is a privilege only available to those who are not under constant threat.

Activism, Policy

Resourcing Black Lives

You are not helpless in this moment. There is so much we can do to support black lives to flourish. We’ve compiled some resources and suggestions.

Activism

Skin Deep presents: Untold stories of environmental justice

We are making a collaborative documentary that celebrates the powerful environmental justice work done by people of colour in the UK.

Art

a moment of silence

"What might we hear when our ears are open to the silence?" Reflections on how we can find power in lockdown isolation.

Magazine

Is This the End? A note from our editors

Right now, more than ever, we need things that can build and strengthen our collective capacities to create, imagine and produce.

Art, Sonic Transmissions

Sonic Transmissions: House of Absolute

We go deep with House of Absolute, an all female powerhouse cultivating honest expression through dance and music.

Activism, Art, Policy

Otherstani: a world without borders, imaged from behind bars

Talha Ahsan wrote the poem during his time in prison where he spent 8 years in the UK and the United States without trial.

Art, People, Skin Deep Meets

Skin Deep meets South London playwright and performer DK Fashola

On resisting the boxes with new narratives and multidisciplinary flow.