We all need a little (or a lot of) joy right about now. I don't want to dwell on the pandemic, but I'd be ignorant if I didn't acknowledge the impact and effect of the pandemic on so many of our lives over the past 10 months. In this episode of the Turning Point, I'm…
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The Turning Point Podcast: In conversation with Chantel Nyame Bankole, author of Generational Wealth
The accumulation of wealth within the black community is a contentious issue. Systematic inequality has created the black-white wealth gap. Wealth is the measure of an individual’s or family’s financial net worth and provides all sorts of opportunities for families.Wealth provides security that creates a safety net regardless of the economic situation. It allows parents…
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 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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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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The Turning Point Podcast: In conversation with NHS Nurse Olympia
It was announced on the 30th July that a major £2.1m research study has been launched to investigate why UK health workers from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19. In this episode of The Turning Point: In conversation with..., I talk to my sister Olympia Amoo who is a…
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The Turning Point Podcast: In conversation with Mark-Ashley Dupe
In this episode of The Turning Point: In conversation with..., I'm talking to the awesome Mark-Ashley Dupe. Mark has been DJing and promoting for over 10 years and has made a name for himself playing at major events such as London's Lovebox Festival. What is it like coming out as a gay black man? In our conversation,…
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Words from a Black Woman 