Claude McKay, from Harlem to Marseille
Claude McKay, a leading light of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, travelled widely but struggled to live by his pen. At the British Film Institute in London, Burt Caesar was joined by writers to discuss a new documentary on McKay.
Walk good: in Britain’s colonial countryside
Black and brown Britons take to the countryside
A picture that never fades
How do you conjure family stories from unreliable sources?
Black to the Future
Colin Grant hosts as a special Edinburgh International Book Festival edition featuring the founder of Black to the Future, Irenosen Okojie, with Jess Brough, and Patience Agbabi in celebration of Afro-Futurism across the arts.
James Baldwin: Edinburgh Festival
The fire still rages in the work of James Baldwin
The Forensic and the Fantastic – at the British Library
An evening of Latinx poetry with multimedia performances and Afro-Colombian music and dance, hosted by writer Amanda Vilanova.
Empireworld
Sathnam Sanghera and Colin Grant discuss the legacy of British imperial history
WritersMosaic grooves with Bullerengue
WritersMosaic joins Bullerengue Circle at the British Library in a celebration of Afro Colombian culture, with a focus on conscious-lyric writing, drumming, singing and dancing.
The Forensic and the Fantastic
Recently, WritersMosaic and the Poetry Translation Centre presented an evening of Latinx poetry with multimedia performances and Afro-Colombian music and dance. It was hosted by writer Amanda Vilanova the British Library.