Hi guys After a long impromptu break, we’re back, and we feel better than ever. We decided to take a break as we quickly found ourselves overworked and uninspired- feelings that we are weary of, especially in this space. Taking breaks is something we’ve struggled with as a team; we overlook and under-prioritise rest which […]
Aleena Sharif is a Pakistani female artist who focuses on oil paintings of nude female figures. The overall scaffolding behind her work is to confront issues of negative connotations around the female body and body image. She works to normalise confidence and move away from this unforgiving stereotype against women. The pieces aim to create […]
Tayo Bero is an award-winning journalist, a regular columnist for The Guardian, a former radio producer at CBC, and the founder of Sisi Media, a groundbreaking media house. With a passion for highlighting underrepresented voices and perspectives, Bero has dedicated her career to amplifying marginalised communities and views, shedding light on pressing social issues. Bero’s […]
​​Toluse: A common sentiment amongst my fellow Nigerians is this idea that they did not know they were black until they moved to a Western country. This surprises me. I understand not facing overt or covert discrimination based on the colour of your skin in your African country but to suggest that you don’t need […]
Why we choose to be FULL OF OURSELVES. Hey DT family, it’s been a while since we wrote to y’all and we wanted to change that. What inspired us to have this discussion was the college basketball discussions between Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark. Angel made a “You cannot see me” gesture at Caitlin when […]
Home no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well your neighbors running faster than you breath bloody in their throats the boy you went to school with who kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory […]
I was sitting in a hotel room with my father, still buzzing from the fun of a family night out, when Boris Johnson announced that ‘we should be prepared to lose loved ones’; a cold and defeatist message that resembled the government’s response to the next year of the pandemic. I still remember when I […]
“They seem so like us. That is what makes it so shocking. War is no longer something visited upon impoverished or remote populations. It can happen to anyone”. This quote from an article by The Telegraph resembles the racist coverage of the Russian-Ukraine war. The reporting revealed that colonial and imperialist ideas of what life […]
The belief that the world would be safer and risks minimized if identities could be fixed in one position has gained popularity. We must however understand that migration policies are not only about controlling bodies and movements; whose bodies are controlled and monitored is specific. Because our history is filled with the consistent sacrifice of […]
Cancel culture is a polarising topic. For some, it has gone too far and stifles free speech. In a scathing response to being criticised for allegedly transphobic comments, author Chimamanda Adichie referred to it as ‘obscene’. Commenting on the outrage Dave Chapelle faced for his comedy show ‘The Closer’, Kevin Hart noted, “it’s getting out […]
Cameroonian Nkiacha Atemnkeng’s visa application was rejected three times despite having been offered a prestigious international literary residency in America. Atemnkenge wanted to attend the 2017 Arti Omi International Writer’s Residency in New York to make literary connections and experience a different country. Despite being a published writer he was rejected on the basis that […]
