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Her account of her meeting Lady Susan Hussey, when she was repeatedly asked where she was ‘really’ from, has reverberated around the world

DAVID WILKES As a child growing up in the only black family in the street in north London in the 1960s, Ngozi Fulani was warned by her Windrush generation parents to keep her head down.

Artist Veronica Ryan has created work to resemble iconic Caribbean fruit and veg

Toggle Sidebar Open-air exhibition: “Ridley Road Stories” [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] “Ridley Road Stories,” an outdoor exhibition featuring multiple photographers and celebrating Dalston (London) locals, opened on November 6 and will remain on view until November 2021. [The Red Cross Building, 92 Dalston Lane, London.] Description (Hackney.com): Ridley Road Stories is an ongoing accessible archive of the African and Caribbean communities on R...

Photos of ‘It’s My Hair’ series. Pic: Brunel Johnson Johnson spoke to ELL about the tradition of people doing hair outside on the street: “Have you ever seen traditional salons do hair outside on a sunny day? Why do the Ridley Road salons do it?” He said that this practice originated because most black salons are not given the opportunity to rent salon spaces. Afro hair has always been a symbol of the fight against racism. Johnson documents what it really takes to maintain hair that h...