As the doors close this weekend on Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey at Whitechapel Gallery, we find ourselves thinking not about what the exhibition says at first glance, but about what thoughts linger after having sat with the work.

In a world that often moves too fast to pause, poetry slows us down. It remembers. It speaks truth to power, advocates for social causes, and offers catharsis to a burdened populace, often all at once. This duality is what gives Poetry Slam Africa its lasting power and impact.

This reflection captures the opening weeks of our Artist’s Way programme, a collective return to creativity rooted in care, safety, and shared witnessing. Moving through Julia Cameron’s work together, participants explore creativity not as output, but as a spiritual and relational practice. A reminder that beginning gently is still beginning.

My Father's Shadow made history at the Cannes Film Festival last year when it became the first Nigerian film to be selected for the festival's Official Selection, in addition to being picked for Caméra d'Or Special Mention. The critically acclaimed film has since gone on to pick up several more awards and most recently has been nominated for a BAFTA in the Outstanding Debut category. Yesterday, we got the opportunity to attend a We Are Parable preview screening of the film be

This past Saturday, we attended a private, curator-led tour of the Kerry James Marshall exhibition. More than simply a walkthrough of the artworks, we experienced the work through a curatorial lens. His work insists upon the expanse of Black life within the canon of art history, particularly in spaces that have historically excluded them. Moving through the exhibition collectively, we were able to slow down and ask questions. This allowed for contextual grounding. As a result

We’re bringing back ourppls’ 12-week Artist’s Way Program - a free, community-based journey through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. This program is guided process of creative recovery of rebuilding trust with your inner artist, softening perfectionism, and learning to listen again.

Africa has always been a creative powerhouse. Designing, stitching, sampling, storytelling, remixing, and building culture from very little has been etched into the fabric of our communities. Creativity here has existed beyond trends but also as a form of survival, joy, rebellion, and vision. At the end of November, ourppls attended Assembly 2025 , a two-day cultural festival powered by Adidas, Africa House and Blueprint, co-created by some of the continent’s most exciting

"My work is always an attempt to translate feeling into form - to hold space for the intersections of art, anthropology, sociology, material culture and lived experience. It’s where research meets intuition, and storytelling becomes a way of remembering." Meet Theresia Kyalo (TK) a multidisciplinary artist and designer whose practice moves fluidly between jewelry, film, performance, and visual art. If you are familiar with those at the helm of African jewelry-making, then yo

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Jamaican born and UK raised photographer, Takenya Holness, once said “photography dares you to care to notice”.

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In it's third edition, Africa Foto Fair (AFF) culminated it's 2024 exhibition featuring artists from over 30 countries in Abidjan, Côte...

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Elianne Mahay-Goodrich has been awarded the Freeform Forum 2024 creative fund after mentorship programme by Relentless & Pirate Studios.

In a quiet, secluded corner of Mayfair sits a gallery that made its way from Lagos to Los Angeles and now resides in the heart of London.

'Black at Glasto' an initiative connecting Glastonbury's black and mixed festival goers.

Five UK-based winners from underrepresented backgrounds will be awarded £20,000 in funding for their creative projects. All artistry is welc