Books are here to stay: How TikTok is changing Gen-Z’s reading habits
The pandemic brought many things into trend on TikTok, from banana bread to workouts and surprisingly, a book revolution. In 2020, over 200…
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Estelle Uba
- Nov 18, 2022
- 4 min
The Woman King: When history becomes ‘herstory’
The word ‘intersectionality’ has become somewhat of a buzz word among feminists of colour. The term refers to how various aspects of a…
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Jamila Pereira
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
Bissau, Nha Amor
Dear Bissau, what happened to you, my beloved? Where's the vigorous motherland of Creole and hippos dancing to Gumbe, I’ve heard...
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Abrehet Semra
- Feb 7, 2022
- 6 min
FGM: The practice which is denying women their sexual autonomy
In 2021, UNICEF estimated that at least 200 million women and girls have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)...
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Meryem Kouadir
- Jan 28, 2022
- 3 min
“Silence is a sign of contentment”. When will this problematic proverb come to an end?
I was born and raised in Morocco where I grew up hearing this proverb on so many occasions, especially when women were involved...
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Denia Dimsdale
- Aug 28, 2021
- 4 min
Why I experienced culture shock in Morocco: a deep dive into collectivist culture
As part of my university degree course, I had to complete a year abroad in Morocco. After living there for almost a full 365 days...
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Abrehet Semra
- Aug 14, 2021
- 6 min
The Black Arab Experience: the silenced struggle of our black brothers and sisters overseas
In 2012, the Moroccan government refused to allow the formation of an anti-racism association on the grounds that race is a concept that...
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Abrehet Semra
- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
How viral African dance trends have helped put Afrobeats on the map
In the 2021 Grammys, African artists had a lot to celebrate, with Burna Boy's album Twice As Tall (2020) winning a Grammy for Best Global...
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Andreia Cruz Borges
- Jul 17, 2021
- 5 min
How the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Final exposed the racism in British Football
After the painful year we’ve all had, the Euros 2020 football competition taking place this year was something that many people were...
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Abrehet Semra
- Jun 4, 2021
- 4 min
How being black and Eritrean triggered an identity crisis during my childhood
There has never been any point in my life where I’ve felt insecure about my Eritrean identity...
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Abrehet Semra
- May 6, 2021
- 5 min
“The arts are now at the point of no return”: How Covid-19 is killing the theatre industry
With the ‘roadmap out of lockdown’ announcement by the PM in late February, it seems the British public is in a much more hopeful mood...
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Abrehet Semra
- Mar 7, 2021
- 5 min
Has the coronavirus meme culture gone too far?
The coronavirus pandemic rattled us when it brought us our first national lockdown in March 2020. Not many of us would have guessed that in
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