A monument to the Unknown African?
Despite increased attention, Africa’s contribution to the UK is still not properly acknowledged. Is it time for a permanent symbol to be erected? asks Clayton Goodwin.
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Adjoa Andoh: ‘It’s a real honour to be playing in Bridgerton’
A doyenne of British theatre and star of the hotly anticipated Netflix drama Bridgerton, Ghanaian-British actor Adjoa Andoh is really coming into her own. Interview by Juanne H. Fuller.
Dzagbele Matilda Asante – A Ghanaian nurse in postwar Britain
History consultant Kwaku recounts the story of his mother-in-law, Dzagbele Matilda Asante, who was working in Britain as a nurse at the time the NHS was founded in 1948
‘Being Black is a crime’ – words that are still too true in Britain
Being Black is all too often regarded as being a crime in the UK, but the greater crime lies with those who believe in this prejudice, says Clayton Goodwin
Megxit: Does the UK have a race problem?
Has British racism driven Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to leave the UK’s royal family and go to live in Canada?
UK visa system for African visitors requires urgent reform
Without prejudice to the UK’s right as a sovereign state to determine its own immigration policy and visa system for visitors to the UK, I call on the UK government to give urgent attention to improving the current system.