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An Interview with Kadija Sesay

An Interview with Kadija Sesay

Nikheel Gorolay, MA Intensive South Asian Studies N: I imagine Black History Month is keeping you very busy, but I’m interested in any shifts you’ve noticed in the public discourse surrounding Black History. Do you think it’s spurring ongoing conversations on Black culture throughout the year, or

Bertha Doc House Screens Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Bertha Doc House Screens Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Ella Linskens, BA Arabic This was my first time in the Bertha Doc House since the Curzon Bloomsbury opened in the Brunswick. If you’ve been to any Curzon around London, you’ll recognize the stylish interior and the combined bar and ticket desk. What is unique about this Curzon

Twerk Talk

Twerk Talk

Alizeh Agnihotri, BA Development Studies Twerking is a dance form popularized through mass media and an act that went unnoticed in my daily life. I paid no attention to the repercussions it caused towards the African community. When I sat for the “Twerk Talk”, not only was I blown away

Much Better than Wales: Mondulkiri

Much Better than Wales: Mondulkiri

Racha Sobratee, BSc Economics Travel guides describe Mondulkiri as being similar to Wales, which is the reason why I contemplated canceling my grueling 18-hour flight to Eastern Cambodia and hopping on a Megabus instead. But boy am I glad I didn’t because Mondulkiri is nothing like Wales. Its capital,

Exhibition Review: No Colour Bar

Exhibition Review: No Colour Bar

Annemari de Silva, MA South Asian Area Studies ‘No Colour Bar’ is an exhibition coordinated by Friends of the Huntley Archives at the LMA at the Guildhall Art Gallery that has been running since July this year. It explores the artistic and activist Black British culture that burgeoned from the

How do we define beauty?

How do we define beauty?

Atika Dawood, BA Arabic and Linguistics On Friday 16th October 2015, Meeta Rani Jha hosted a discussion around her new book ‘The Global Beauty Industry: Colorism, Racism and the National Body’, exploring subjects such as the ‘whitewashing’ of the beauty industry, the reaction to Nina Davuluri winning Miss America 2014,

The Key to Understanding Syria’s Revolution Lies in Realising Nobody Does

The Key to Understanding Syria’s Revolution Lies in Realising Nobody Does

Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish For all the many hours of rolling news footage, thousands of articles, protests and debates, it’s hard to find someone who is sure they know, well, anything about Syria – and if you do manage to find a so-called expert, with all the keys