Busy Being Black Podcast
1) All my poems are sad n*gga poems with Ben Ellis
The last mile home is the longest, but we rarely walk it alone. On 21 October 2017, Busy Being Black first came to life at an event called Forbidden Fruits. I didn't know this conversation with Ben ...Show More
2) Our Miraculous Hearts — Phoebe Boswell
A tender meditation on grief, healing and courage with multidisciplinary artist Phoebe Boswell, who creates portals that return us to our miraculous hearts. For more on how this conversation and Phoe...Show More
3) Mojisola Adebayo – Black Duende
Busy Being Black returns soon with a season exploring Black imaginative vigour—and who better than Mojisola Adebayo to remind us of the adventure and irreverence of Black artistry, during and beyond t...Show More
4) Kuchenga Shenjé – A Life Worth Writing About
You’ll no doubt have heard of and read Kuchenga Shenjé's debut novel, The Library Thief, which brings together her passions for history, mystery and rebels; and you’re likely to have felt the warmth a...Show More
5) Legacy Russell – Black Meme
I’ve been invigorated by Legacy Russell’s ongoing inquiries into how we come alive together. Whether she’s encouraging us to think expansively about the connection between marine life and Black agency...Show More
6) Maleke Glee – A Posture of Improvisation
How do we engage with and sustain Black cultures, communities, histories and futures outside of the extractive infrastructures and institutions that thrive on Black death and disposability? Maleke Gle...Show More
7) Angelina Namiba – Our Stories Told by Us
Angelina Namiba serves as a possibility model for effective and sustained engagement with those vulnerable to HIV. When she was diagnosed in the late 80s, she immediately set to work to understand why...Show More
8) Dennis Carney – Sustaining Our Thriving
Dennis Carney is an elder whose respect among our community needs no justification nor explanation. Among much else, he led the now-closed Black Gay and Lesbian Centre in Brixton, and he has worked fo...Show More
9) Jean Lloyd – My Words Create My World
We are living through a particularly tense geopolitical moment and I have found myself in a near-constant state of anger over the past couple of weeks. I have had to work very hard to ensure the langu...Show More
10) Irenosen Okojie – Black to the Future
I’m thrilled to share this conversation with British Nigerian writer and curator Irenosen Okojie, which was recorded at the Garden Cinema in London after a private viewing of Blitz Bazawule’s new musi...Show More