Pierre Niyongira is already making waves in the film industry; a film graduate from UWE, Pierre is now a freelance filmmaker, creating films around the world. His works shine a light on current affairs as well as the past, intertwining them in order to create important discussions.
Read MoreAs someone who was born and raised in Zimbabwe, surrounded by buzzing cultures and colours, vibrant fabrics and music and dynamic artwork and artists, the lack of recognition and accessible representation of the vast creative achievements rooted in the continent, have often delivered much personal frustration.
Read MoreHe, for me, continues to act as a reminder to be wholeheartedly my own favourite creative, my biggest inspiration and my own reminder to leave the preconceptions of others at the door and instead create my own artistic language, embracing the nuances and inflections that are unique to me, no matter how they may be perceived by others.
Read MoreI'm sure there are millions of us who have at some point posted ‘Still I Rise’ or ‘Phenomenal Woman’. I definitely have. Admittedly upon reading the brief, she was the very first person that came to mind. I guess my reticents to name her first was fear of being somewhat cliche. I am also aware that only having a month to discuss the accomplishments of black people is a contentious issue.
Read MoreLemn Sissay, Bernardine Evaristo, Maya Angelou, Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are just a few of the black authors who inspire me. I look to them for knowledge, wisdom and how to transcend life’s more challenging moments.
Read MoreMany Black creatives influence my creativity, so picking one was hard. A hugely successful album charting number-one on debut, featuring British number-one singles in ‘Pass Out’ and ‘Written in the Stars’, Tinie’s album was my soundtrack that year.
And so it was with the Bristol ‘Riot’ that took place on the 2nd April 1980 in the area of St. Pauls. I’ve placed ‘Riot’ in inverted commas because if you ask the African-Caribbean residents who were involved, they’d probably describe what happened as an ‘uprising’. According to Jagun Akinshegun, who was a teenage at the time, who said about what happened: “[a riot’ might do if it was a bar brawl or football hooliganism but it certainly does not apply to this situation.”
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