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TBBL Speaks to Mikel Ameen About Changing the World
London based rapper, Mikel Ameen (younger brother to actor Aml Ameen), was inspired by music from a young age. His style has Caribbean and African influences, but embodies a strong UK vibe with...
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The Sexualization of A Culture by Kunga Dred
African news crews have been encamped outside a Kenyan Mombasa courtroom where 11 African women and a Swedish male face charges of prostitution contrary to the sexual offence act. It has been widely...
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BBC’s Doctor Who Described As ‘thunderously racist’ Do You Agree?
A new collection of essays analysing the adventures of the Time Lord, titled Doctor Who And Race, suggests that the BBC cult programme is based on outdated attitudes. Several of the 23 contributors to...
View ArticleWatch Unfamous – Episode 1: Welcome to Brompton (UK Based Web Series)
After attending the press launch of ‘Unfamous’ based on the hit Unfamous books by Scotty Unfamous, I concluded that it’s always good to meet the team behind the product. Hearing the cast and crew speak...
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NEWS ALERT BUFF Enterprises Film Festival Friday 6th September 2013
BUFF Enterprises has announced today that Odeon West End cinema in London’s Leicester Square will host the opening night gala for the 8th annual British Urban Film Festival on Friday 6 September. The...
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RUMOUR HAS IT ‘Made In Brixton’ Will Be Coming To a TV Screen Near You This...
Auditions closed on May 18th 2013 for a reality show called ‘Made In Brixton’ based on the ‘Made in Chelsea’ /’ The Only Way is Essex’ formula. Apparently a source told The Sun newspaper: “Brixton has...
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BBC Radio Content To Become Available For Download Via iPlayer in 2014
BBC plans to make radio content available to download on iPlayer have been given the greenlight. The BBC Trust today signed off on the proposals, which will bring offline access to radio programming...
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GET INVOLVED Join Creative Case & Arts Council Diversity and Equality Live...
The Creative Case invites us all to look at diversity and equality within the arts and take a creative approach to addressing barriers to creativity, participation, learning and involvement around...
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Music, TV and Film Piracy Rises Among UK Internet Users
Almost a third of UK internet users who stream or download music, TV and films did so at least once illegally in the quarter to the end of January, with almost 400m files digitally pirated in the...
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ShakaRa Speaks On It British Terrorists Hype & the Politics of Contradiction
The reported killing of soldier Lee Rigby has sent shockwaves throughout Britain for the past week. Since then, the images of Michael Adebolajo & Micheal Adebowale have been plastered all over our...
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Random House UK Launches ‘Black Crown’ Online Literature Based Game
Random House UK has today launched stage one of the Black Crown Project, an infectious new kind of narrative gaming experience. Available now at www.blackcrownproject.com, Black Crown marks Random...
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Facebook Says It Will No Longer Tolerate Posts that Glorify Violence Against...
In a remarkable display of the speed at which social media activism can work, online feminist organizers managed, after only a week’s worth of work, to get Facebook to promise to revise its approach...
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ENTER Young Poet Laureate For London Deadline Midday June 24th 2013
Spread the Word has launched the first ever Young Poet Laureate for London. This will be a life-changing opportunity for at least one talented young poet, with commissions worth £9000 as well as...
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Punch Record’s Bass FM Punching into the Airwaves on 2nd June 2013
Birmingham based Punch Records’ BASS Festival is Birmingham’s first independent festival to obtain an RSL radio licence from Ofcom. Punch Records music development agency has been awarded an Ofcom UK...
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Why do Black British Artists look to America for success? By Tammy V
British artists have been crossing the waters to look for success abroad for as long as the music industry has been functioning. When we say “abroad” the first place that comes to mind is the USA,...
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Drama Schools Need To Include More BME Writers Within Their Programs
Drama school courses should feature more works by black and minority ethnic playwrights to prevent students from those backgrounds feeling isolated during studies, leading academics have said....
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TBBL Speaks To The Director of ‘Love Freely but PAY for SEX’
Phoenix James is an Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Multi-Award Winning International Performance Poet & Spoken Word Recording Artist and Filmmaker. He recently released his self financed...
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ShakaRa Reviews King 9′s Django EP Launch
The British Blacklist rounds up Music Month by keeping its finger on the pulse of the community, shining a light on artists forging careers through independent creation and promotion of their art....
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Akwantu: the Journey Now Available for Download Via Vimeo
Akwantu: the Journey documents the struggle for freedom of the legendary Maroons of Jamaica, former enslaved Africans, who were able to flee the plantations and slave ships to form communities in some...
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Submit Your Web Series To Raindance Webfest Deadline 15th July 2013
Raindance Film Festival has announced the launch of the UK’s first independent web film festival. The festival will take place 28th and 29th September during the Raindance Film Festival at the Apollo...
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