Shake! at Afrikans on Film Festival
I got goosebumps doing this duet with Luwi earlier this year at the 6th Shake! Showcase at Rich Mix: #ResistanceIsFertile. Lil Sis went in <3 Looking forward to doing it again with Adinkra Arts Collective Afrikans on Film Festival Saturday 10th Sept at Bussey Building, Peckham. Check this link...
Black Words Matter
Today, we'll be sharing our films, poems, and other alternative media at #BlackWordsMatter Rich Mix London: a conversation about media justice - poetry - film - performance. How do Black words matter? To whom should they matter? And aren't words only part of the story? And what about the power...
A Reminder for Our Liberal Selves
by Sai Murray A Reminder for Our Liberal Selves: Black people are systematically destroyed by the media and the marketers as well as by police bullets. Black voices are destroyed by well-meaning White voices We do know… it’s Christmas We know what time it is We have known the time, calculated the...
Qawwali Flamenco Brexit Beat
In a taxi with desi immigrant uncle, jammin to some spanish/urdu qawwali flamenco from my phone. He invites me to listen to music to remove some of the rage & sadness from my face. 'Abba listen to music it will make u happy'. I mention how I hope it doesn't rain, he tells me that it will...
Support Shake! upskill & skillshare at Allied Media Conference (Detroit)
For the last 5 months the Shake team has been on a sabbatical, but that doesn’t mean we have not been beavering away planning a dynamic and pioneer direction the next 5 years the Voices that Shake Family and Movement will be headed in. Our dedication to pioneer reinvigorated...
Winning
So many wins right now (YASS!) G4S out of Israel, BP out of Tate (congrats to all my colleagues and friends working so hard on this), and a cheeky win as one of the 8 WoC changing feminism for my personal shero Mia Mingus (you deserve it and more, thank you for all that you have taught/teach me)....