The Soul Rebel, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry (1936-2021)
by Colin Grant
Bunny Livingston had always felt closer to Marley than anybody else, and believed that Perry was trying to ‘take over’ his soul-mate.
Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze (1956-2021)
by Hannah Lowe
Breeze was well aware of the importance of a female literary lineage, citing her mother as a source of poetry from her early years in rural Jamaica.
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
by Linda Brogan
Linda Brogan asserts her right to cultural restoration.
The Fortune Men secures place on Booker Prize longlist
Nadifa Mohamed's novel based on true events is a favourite for this year's top literary prize.
I am from Reykjavik
An artist rocks up, builds a shelter and declares herself free.
Just out: Patient Dignity
Poems inspired by the lines of villagers returning home at the beginning of lockdown restrictions
Earl Cameron remembered at the BFI
Earl Cameron's career recalled with Pool of London, a landmark depiction of a relationship between a black man and a white woman.
Coming soon: Commonworld
Writers across the world help us to grapple with the messy and complicated notions shaping our identities
Kedisha Coakley’s reappropriation of African braids
Taking the kinks out of your mind and not out of your hair.