A Snap Shot

Veteran activist Dawn Hill CBE, receives the Paulette Wilson Justice Award and award winning journalist, Nadine White, is given the Menelik Shabazz Award for up-and-coming Black British filmmakers. The honours were presented at the Fifth Windrush Caribbean Film Festival’s (WCFF) Closing Ceremony at The Ritzy in Brixton on 30 June 2024. Community stalwart, Dawn Hill […]

It was a warm and appreciative crowd that received Emeli Sandé at the Royal Festival Hall on June 15th 2024,  when she performed many of her much loved songs, as part of Chaka Khan’s Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre, in London. From the first note, she delighted her devotees with a rendition of ‘’Next

Everyone is welcome at the Southbank Centre’s summer season You Belong Here, which takes place from July – September 2024. The season offers an extensive programme of art, conversation, music and performance from world-class artists, writers and performers,  exploring the concept of belonging in art and society. David Olusoga and Kelechi Okafor are some of

Acclaimed Hollywood actress CCH Pounder, celebrated film producer Paul Garnes, international media executives and twenty-six high-level producers from Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa and a number of Caribbean countries were in Barbados from April 15-19, 2024. The British Film Institute (BFI) are among a stellar group of companies supporting the first Cross Continental International

  George the Poet set alight the London Literature Festival on 20th October 2023 at the Southbank Centre, with his show ‘George the Poet Presents.’  Weaving poetry, music and conversation with friends and fellow poets Sophia Thakur, Henry Stone, Proph and Inua Ellams, the event turned out to be an evening of joy and deep

A celebration of the Spoken Word is the theme of this year’s London Literature Festival which takes place from Wednesday 18th October to Sunday 29th October 2023 at the Southbank Centre. Guest Curator George the Poet opens the festivities with an exciting programme of music and and spoken word reflecting the current talent from London’s

Picturehouse Cinemas Present BEYOND NOLLYWOOD New Wave Nigerian Cinema OVER THE BRIDGE World Premiere Q&A w/ BEYOND NOLLYWOOD curator Nadia Denton and writer & producer Tosin Otudeko (The Ritzy, Brixton) 8:15pm on Wednesday 18 October 2023 Folarin (Ozzy Agu) is a Lagos based investment banker with something to hide. Plagued by an alcohol problem and intermittent panic attacks, his life

BEYOND FASHION Africa Fashion Week London is incredibly pleased to introduce the inaugural UKAFRICA TRADE EXPO: Beyond Fashion. This is a creative platform for fostering international trade between the UK and Africa. Featuring a highly anticipated Keynote Speech from His Imperial Majesty, Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on the importance of Commerce and Culture; the UKAFRICA TRADE EXPO showcases the unique

A new painting to thank Marcus Rashford for his work as a social Justice Campaigner on Child Food poverty has been on display.  The painting was commissioned by the Producer and Writer JD Douglas, who wrote the stage production Black Heroes In the Hall of Fame. His other work includes JA Story the History of

Returning for the first time since 2019, Poetry International, the major biannual festival celebrates poets, using their voice to preserve the environment and language. This is part of the Southbank Centre’s multi-artform season of events on the climate, called Planet Summer.  The festival runs from 21 – 23  July 2023. This year the line-up includes