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2 weeks ago |
afropean.com | Tola Ositelu
Victor leaves his native St. Kitts for the busy streets of London with barely a backward glance. Frustrated with what he sees as the insular mindset of his rural town, not least that of his parents, he saves enough for the ship passage to the ‘Mother Country’ and joins the many thousands of Caribbeans trying to make a new life in post-war Britain. Before leaving, Victor hastily marries Lorna – a young woman with whom he has fathered a son, Leon – with a promise to send for them later.
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2 months ago |
afropean.com | Tola Ositelu
Background: Suzanne Packer (Annie); Centre: Shvorne Marks (Cerys). All images (c) Chuko CribbHouse slave, Annie (Suzanne Parker) considers herself fortunate and protected working on the Llanrumney estate; a sugar plantation in 18th Century Jamaica, owned by the Morgan family from Wales. She’s convinced that she’s become a ‘true confidante’ to her dissolute mistress, Elisabeth Morgan (Nia Roberts), hence securing a future miles away from the auction block.
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2 months ago |
afropean.com | Tola Ositelu
‘…Black grief is not spoken about openly, but I know that when Black people mourn, it is not only for the passing of loved ones…[We] will also be mourning the systemic inequalities, racial prejudices and oppression that we experience on a day-to-day basis.
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Feb 26, 2025 |
afropean.com | Tola Ositelu
‘… We who have been colonised can never forget…’ (p.161, My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria by Andrée Blouin. Reissued by Verso Books, UK (2025)I consider it a matter of embarrassment – if not shame – that in my more than four decades on this planet, I only came to know of Pan-African Independence activist, Andrée Blouin within the last year. At least, if I’d heard of her, it wasn’t substantial enough to have made a lasting impression.
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Jan 30, 2025 |
afropean.com | Tola Ositelu
I first hear of Soundtrack to a Coup d’État through an Intal comrade, months after its initial release. Whilst promoting the screening through word-of-mouth and on LinkedIn, several from my network have either already seen (and loved) or are eager to see Grimonprez’ film. There will be several familiar faces amongst the crowd that Saturday afternoon.
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