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London, UK - March 18th 2022: Demonstrators hold placards, give speeches and occupy the road outside Stoke Newington Police station in protest at the strip search of black school girl Child Q

Child Q and that dirty word ‘black’

Do the same old social, financial, political, criminal issues arise whenever that dirty word ‘black’ is in the…


Acclaimed author George Lamming (L) with his first Caribbean publisher Lasana M. Sekou at a bookstore in Coral Gables, Florida, 1993. (Photo © House of Nehesi Publishers)

George Lamming (1927 – 2022) … Tribute

When we lose one of our greatest writers, we are thrown into mourning but when a publisher loses…


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Lambeth Wednesday 18 June

Ghetts

Hear the east London artist’s signature combination of razor-sharp, crystal-clear rhymes with smart humour and creative, intelligent wordplay….

Lambeth Thursday 19 June

Nubya Garcia

The London-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader melds jazz, classical, dub and R&B into sweeping, adventurous music to stir…