The Designers Embracing Their African Heritage Through Fashion
Meet the British designers reflecting their African heritage through in their fashion brands - Adeola Adelakun, the co-creator of Cultureville and Jodie Akinsan...
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Black Girls Play Classical Music Too: Meet Lelia-Michelle Walker
This classical musician has lent her talents to the Oscars, Grammys and has worked with the likes of Common and Mac Miller. Lelia-Michelle Walker talks us throu...
‘Do it scared!’ Tyra the Creative on How to Overcome the Fears Holding us Back
We all experience those moments of fear and paralysis, where we're wary to take that step out of unfamiliar territory. Actress Tyra Morrison shares how she's ov...
What makes you Black, British, Nigerian or all three?
Photographer Tols Abeni explores identity in her new project 'We Are: Black British Nigerian.’ The photographs and interview series explores the nuances, comple...
Taking Care of Black hair in South Korea
Blogger Kendra Isaacs gives us insight into how she takes care of her natural hair living in South Korea.
What It Was Like Getting My Second COVID Shot
Like many, I had my reservations but I realized they were rooted in fear and not logic.
My Relationship With Therapy #BlackMentalHealth
No one really tells you the proper way to heal from rejection or failed relationships, you need someone to process those feelings with and that’s what a therapi...
My Belly or My Hair?
I know one thing for sure: I look like a totally different person and instantly gain acceptance, attention, and the assumption that I am what my educational and...
Ice, Ice Baby: Why I Froze My Eggs at 24
To me, the choice was always for me, by me and my health and age shouldn’t have had a role in that choice. I wanted to give myself options. So, I did.
(I Think) I’m a Fraud
I was 30,000 feet in the sky, on a private plane, surrounded by white men old enough to be my dad - when it hit me: this table wasn’t made for me, but I snatche...
My Student Debt Sent Me to Therapy
This point in my debt-free journey wasn’t just incredibly discouraging because of a lack of progress, I was anxious and ashamed. I started having panic attacks ...
Does Love Only Belong to the Young?
How dating changes as you get older