Black Ballad

May 7, 2024 | blackballad.co.uk | Adama J Munu

If there’s one word that has been on everybody’s lips in the past seven months, it’s been Gaza. Following Hamas’ attacks on October 7th 2023, which Israel says killed at least 1,200 people, Israel’s military response has unleashed a wave of violence, killing more than 34,000 Palestinians and injuring more than 77,000 in the besieged strip.

Aug 11, 2023 | blackballad.co.uk | Adama J Munu

The arts and culture sector is and always has been an important lifeblood of British society. Black people have especially been significant contributors in the British Black Arts Movements in the 1980s to that of the pop-culture arena of the 90s and early decades of the new millennium, which poet and filmmaker Siana Bangura poignantly explored in an article for gal-dem.

Jan 30, 2023 | blackballad.co.uk | Adama J Munu

My mother would often say “Man proposes, God disposes.” I’ve often interpreted it to mean that we sometimes end up on a path that leads to an unexpected outcome. That was manifest when I embarked on a last-minute solo trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina in October of last year for my 32nd birthday. It wasn’t my first choice destination, as I previously banked on flying out to either Rome, Barcelona or Vienna to catch the last days of summer abroad.

Jan 30, 2023 | blackballad.co.uk | Adama J Munu

Jan 24, 2022 | blackballad.co.uk | Edisana Stephen