Google has been a good friend of mine when it’s come to searching for the meaning of the many new words I’ve come across in the past few months. I thought about putting together a Glossary of terms to help anyone looking to make sense of the important dialogues taking place in this unstoppable BLM…
Author: DiDi Amoo
Anti-racism advocate, lover of life, addicted to love and striving for unity
The Turning Point Podcast: In conversation with Bushkin
It's not often that I get a chance to have a meaningful conversation with a legend. In this episode of The Turning Point, I caught up with Bushkin and boy was I uplifted after half an hour of humble conversation. Bushkin is a talented songwriter and MC from London. He is famously known for his incredible stage…
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The web of intersectionality
In our commitment to the fight for equality, we must familiarise ourselves with the terminology used in many of the conversations that will help us to expand our knowledge and join into meaningful dialogue. Intersectionality is an important construct in the drive for racial equality. First coined by Professor Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989, intersectionality refers…
Self-reflection Sundays – Talk to someone
We lost another hero; Chadwick Boseman’s tenacity to fight such a difficult and courageous battle, all while changing the world, makes him one of the true greats. 2020 has been a deafening year. Our lives have all been disrupted in one shape or another. Sometimes speaking to an independent person may be beneficial when we’re…
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The Turning Point Podcast: In conversation with Yinka Bokinni
Yinka is one of the pioneering black female radio presenters in the UK. But what did her journey look like? From African and Irish descent, Yinka talks openly about the role colourism may have had in her success. It is a fact that privilege does extend whiteness, to ignore this is to be complicit in…
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Self-reflection Sundays – Juicing
I’ve been given the gift of time this weekend, which is perfect because this is the Sunday I start my next juicing fast. Juicing has grown in popularity over the past few years as the benefits have become more known. I was introduced to juicing over a decade ago through one of my sisters, but…
Fair expectations: Article audio
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Fair expectations
It’s unfair that George Floyd pleas were disregarded by his killer. It’s unfair that Breonna Taylor’s murderers are still walking free. It’s unfair that the talented and gentle Elijah McClain’s life was taken away in an unprovoked police attack. It’s unfair that we still don’t have justice for Grenfell. It’s unfair, it’s unfair, it’s damn…
Spotlight: Rachel De-lahay
Rachel De-Lahay is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her debut play, The Westbridge, produced at the Royal Court Theatre, went on to win a Writers' Guild award for Best Theatre Play, as well as coming joint first for the Alfred Fagon Award. Her second play, Routes, opened Vicky Featherstone's first season, also at the Royal…
The Turning Point Podcast: In conversation with Rachel De-lahay
In this episode of The Turning Point: In conversation with I speak with the brilliant Rachel De-Lahay who is the co-curator of the powerful performance My White Best Friend (MWBF). In 2016, after being commissioned by the British Theatre following the callous death of Anton Sterling, Rachel and Milli Bhatia (the second creative half of MWBF) recognised the…
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Words from a Black Woman 