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Voice Online •

Black joy takes centre stage at 'The Sitdown UK' - Voice Online

WHAT DOES Black joy look like in a world where the Black experience is often associated with pain and trauma?

That was the question at the heart of The Sitdown UK’s latest event, The Black Joy Experience, held at The Ministry in London as part of Black History Month.

Curated by Tope “Icie” Chiedozie, founder of The Sitdown UK, the event invited Black people from across the community to explore joy in all its forms, through wholesome discussions, film, laughter, spoken word and a dynamic worksh...
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Global Black leaders unite for MIPAD Recognition Week 2025 - Voice Online

GLOBAL BLACK leaders, innovators and changemakers gathered in New York City last month for MIPAD Recognition Week 2025, a three-day celebration of excellence across Africa and the African diaspora.

Hosted by the ‘Most Influential People of African Descent’ (MIPAD), during UNGA week, the event brought together honourees from around the world recognised in MIPAD’s 40 Under 40, Finance and Capital, Philanthropy, and Next Gen (25 & Under) categories.

The programme featured leadership workshops...
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Educators demand change during curriculum review - Voice Online

LAST WEEKEND (September 13), as protestors marched through parts of the country, a different kind of gathering was taking place — an urgent, and deeply necessary conversation about the future of education.

The Anti-Racism in the Curriculum Conference 2025, hosted by The Black Curriculum, and sponsored by Mission 44, brought together educators, advocates, and thought leaders committed to embedding anti-racism into schools’ everyday practice…
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Africa has never been poor says MP Bell Rebeiro-Addy - Voice Online

“AFRICA HAS never been poor. It’s just been exploited again and again,” said MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy at the recent African Achievers Awards (AAA).

She added: “In the next few decades, I can see that changing. The economies on the African continent are rising.”

With this piercing remark, Rebeiro-Addy, MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, set the tone for the 15th edition of the AAAs —an event that was nothing short of monumental.

Held over two days at the Palace of Westminster, from July 10–11, it me...
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REG Connect summit calls time on racial inequity in business - Voice Online

“MANCHESTER HAS a problem. Not just a representation problem, but a structural one.” That was the hard-hitting message from Ngozi Weller, co-chair of pro-manchester’s Racial Equity Group (REG) and founder of Aurora Inc., at the inaugural REG Connect 2025 summit.

“We see colour in the room, but we don’t see it in decision-making. That’s not diversity, that’s deflection,” she addded, very much setting the tone for the day.

Held at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on July 2, the event gathered...
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'Fearless' - Migrant women who shaped Britain - Voice Online

‘FEARLESS’, A powerful documentary exploring the lives of six migrant women who helped build modern Britain has been screening across the capital over the past two weeks, writes Estelle Uba.

Directed by Noella Mingo and produced by her husband Damian Paul Daniel, the self-funded documentary won Best Film at the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival in London and Best International Documentary at the International Black & Diversity Film Festival in Toronto.

Through intimate interviews and archival f...
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Black business in focus at the 2025 BBEC - Voice Online

THE 2025 UK Black Business Entrepreneurs Conference (BBEC) sent a powerful message from the heart of London last week, writes Estelle Uba, Black entrepreneurs are not asking for handouts — they’re asking to be recognised for the commercial power and cultural capital they already hold.

Held at the NatWest Conference Centre in Bishopsgate, the fourth annual BBEC, founded by Dr Carlton Brown and hosted by broadcaster Henry Bonsu, welcomed more than 200 business owners, policymakers, creatives, and...
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Former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo: Remember African History - Voice Online

“LEST WE forget slavery, colonialism and neo-colonialism,” urged former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, at a special screening of The Decolonisation of Africa docuseries on earlier this month at the London College of Communication, writes Estelle Uba.

The screening was hosted to mark Africa Month by Lagos-based Nigerian production company Accelerate Studios, in partnership with The Africa Centre in London.

The critically acclaimed six-part docuseries, which was previously shown...
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Ben Okri celebrates African literary excellence - Voice Online

CELEBRATED AUTHOR and poet Ben Okri OBE FRSL unveiled African Stories this week, at The Africa Centre in London, writes Estelle Uba.

The landmark anthology brings together the continent’s most talented literary voices — from Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Abdulrazak Gurnah and Nadine Gordimer..

The evening featured a Q&A with Booker Prize-winner Okri, moderated by Margaret Busby CBE, Hon. FRSL, Britain’s first Black female publisher.

The event drew over 50 readers, writers, pub...
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Alemseged Tesfai launches landmark book - Voice Online

THE EMBASSY of Eritrea in London hosted the launch of An African People’s Quest for Freedom and Justice last month, the latest work by acclaimed historian, lawyer, and Eritrea’s first playwright, Alemseged Tesfai, writes Estelle Uba.

The new historical nonfiction, which is one of Tesfai’s first works to be translated in English, traces the roots of the Eritrean independence struggle from 1941 to 1962, using untapped local sources, including oral histories and original documents. It captures how...
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Black Funding Network deliver whats needed - Voice Online

“BY US, for us, with us.” That was the rallying cry at the Black Funding Network’s Spring Funder event last week, which took place at Reed Smith LLP in the heart of London, writes Estelle Uba.

The evening, hosted by TV and radio presenter Juliet Alexander, was a testament to the power of collective giving, with more than £18,000 raised in just a few hours for three Black-led grassroots organisations.

Over 60 attendees – in person and online – came together with one mission: to support transfor...
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‘We're all about the action and not the talk’ - Voice Online

THE 12th edition of the Nigerian Diaspora Direct Investment Summit (NDDIS) once again demonstrated that Nigerians abroad are doing far more than sending money home – they are building the future, writes Estelle Uba.

Held at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in London, the summit brought together an array of government officials, business leaders, “nance professionals and enterprising members of the Nigerian diaspora, all with a shared mission of strengthening Nigeria’s economy…
Refinery29 •

We Can’t Allow Racism To Distract From Adolescence’s Crucial Message

Incels, Andrew Tate, male rage and the menacing Manosphere: These are the images that come to mind when I think of the prominent themes grappled with in Adolescence — Netflix’s new hit show that has the nation in a chokehold. What doesn’t come to my mind, however, is an agenda to demonise white British boys and men. And yet, despite the series’ growing critical acclaim, countless social media users are in uproar over the series’ depiction of a very young, white male murder suspect…
Startups Magazine •

BUD Leaders event spotlights how Global Majority women are redefining leadership | Startups Magazine

Accelerate Action. This was the bold theme for International Women's Day 2025, assertively calling for increased momentum and urgency in addressing the structural inequalities that women face globally. Perfectly aligned with this theme, BUD Leaders’ Double Up & Access More event represented an unapologetic, urgent call to action for corporations, investors and industry leaders to double down in empowering Global-Majority women-led businesses through increased mentorship, skill-sharing...
We Are Black Journos •

Migration Museum launches ‘All Our Stories’, the exhibition which shows a Britain made from migration

On 12 September, just weeks after the riots that shook the nation, where far-right groups made clear their feelings towards immigration and multiculturalism in Britain, the Migration Museum, located in Lewisham Shopping Centre, southeast London, launched its latest exhibition, ‘All Our Stories’. 
 
The exhibition, which features a range of works, from immersive installations, paintings and film to photography, personal stories and keepsakes, aims to shed a light on how...
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