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Child, You Are Black
July 10, 2016
This is not a poem I have no pretty words To talk about death, despair and discrimination This is for those Africans who think their pain…
We are Rhythm, We are the Beat of the Drum: How the African learnt to dance
June 22, 2016
We are Africa,
Terrify No More
June 20, 2016
The seas swell; I hear the ancient ship’s horn,
Sometimes Justice Comes
June 7, 2016
Sometimes justice comes for those yet unborn, so that their eyes never face the light,
I Don’t Want to Talk about Race & Racism
May 19, 2016
The victims ask the hardest of all the questions: How is it possible that the person I loved so much lit no spark of humanity in you?” ―…
Humanity 101: Labelling not Helping
May 9, 2016
Labels are prisons. They deny us the dignity and the luxury of multiplicity of existence. Yet multiplicity is inherent. I am many.
Why We Should All Love Athletics: A Metaphor for the Human Spirit
December 21, 2015
For the avoidance of doubt in this blog post ‘Athletics’ means ‘competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.’
Decolonising the Colonised African Mind
September 15, 2015
The First 5 Steps
Stronger Than Hate
September 7, 2015
The history of humanity seems to be defined by human eyes looking away… Looking away from dead bodies floating in the water…
It Is The Change We Listen For
July 4, 2013
Talk delivered by me at the International Conference of Nigerian Students, University of Hull, 04/04/09