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Beware the Glass Cliff. • IN HER MOST RECENT BOOK, AUTHOR, ANTI-RACISM ADVOCATE AND ACTIVIST SOPHIE WILLIAMS SPEAKS FRANKLY ABOUT THE MULTITUDE OF ISSUES THAT IMPACT BLACK WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES IN THE WORKPLACE. HERE, SHE SHARES HER THOUGHTS ON A LITTLE-KNOWN PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGE – WITH ENORMOUS IMPLICATIONS – WITH KOL SOCIAL
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A Secret History. • GRAMMY-WINNING ARTIST FANTASTIC NEGRITO’S LATEST ALBUM DRAWS ON HIS OWN ANCESTRY TO TELL A REMARKABLE TRUE-LIFE STORY OF FORBIDDEN LOVE. HE REVEALS ALL TO TSHARNA DANIEL
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Home on the Range. • ARTIST YOWSHIEN KUO DRAWS ON THEIR DUAL HERITAGE – AND A CHILDHOOD SPLIT BETWEEN TAIWAN AND THE MIDWEST – TO CREATE GRAPHIC PAINTINGS IN WHICH BRIGHT COLOURS AND CARTOON COWBOYS REVEAL DEEPER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EAST-WEST DIVIDE AND THE MYTHS SURROUNDING ONE OF USA’S MOST ICONIC CULTURAL ARCHETYPES.
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The Wild, Wild South. • GAUCHOS HAVE BEEN PART OF SOUTH AMERICA’S LANDSCAPE AND CULTURE FOR OVER 300 YEARS. BUT IS THEIR TRADITIONAL WAY OF LIFE UNDER THREAT? KOL SOCIAL TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SOUTHERN COWBOY TODAY – AND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN IN THE YEARS TO COME
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Leading the charge. • IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT PAN-AFRICAN FOOD IS FINALLY GETTING THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES ACROSS THE UK. WE CELEBRATE THE RISE – AND RISE – OF THE BLACK FOOD MOVEMENT
Schooled into Slavery. • WHAT BEGAN AS LEGITIMATE RELIGIOUS PRACTICE HAS BECOME A LUCRATIVE – AND DANGEROUS – INDUSTRY FOR THOSE WILLING TO EXPLOIT IT. LUCA VALLECILLOS INVESTIGATES SENEGAL’S QURANIC SCHOOLS
To market, to market. • THE COLOURFUL MOROCCAN CITY OF FEZ IS FAMED AS A SHOPPING MECCA THE WORLD OVER – DESERVEDLY SO, AS LUCA VALLECILLOS DISCOVERS FIRST-HAND
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