September 9th, 2022

BUSINESS • Hot N Juicy Shrimp - We serve the freshest shellfish in a traditional seafood boil, with an array of flavours for you to choose from. This dish is a staple across the southern states in America but has its roots firmly planted in Cajun spice. These incredible crustaceans are steeped in a secret recipe spicy broth, with corn on the cob and red potatoes, drizzled with a butter of your choice. The home of Seafood boils in London served in steamer bags to lock in the flavours while they sink in even deeper. https://www.hotnjuicyshrimpldn.co.uk/ • Dark Sugars Chocolate -Before there was chocolate, there was cocoa. Dark Sugars is the story of one African woman’s journey to tell the story of cocoa - from tree to tummy. Nyanga began her quest in Spitalfields Market with just two truffles and a lot of chutzpah. Soon enough people fell in love with the authentic taste of the truffles and word got around about the woman who was bringing the sweet taste of Africa in the form of chocolates. This journey then continued to the famous Borough Market, where people would queue up to taste the irresistible chocolate that everyone would rave about. After many exciting years at Borough, Nyanga packed up her truffles and flew to South America and West Africa; where she spent three years researching cocoa on her family's farm. She returned feeling excited to bring her experience in Ghana to the streets of East London. https://www.darksugars.co.uk/ • The Prince of Peckham - A pub for south London by South London. Bringing you the biggest tunes, best wings and open till late. Celebrate your birthday, throw your baby shower, have after work drinks or come in for a Sunday lunch with the fam. We are also fully licensed to host your wedding ceremony to celebration. We have 4 private spaces available. n the kitchen we have street food kings White Men Can't Jerk who can provide you with mouthwatering Jerk chicken meals, Buns, Wings, Patties, Fritters and canapés . Plus loads more tricks up their sleeves for any type of event. https://princeofpeckham.co.uk/ EVENTS • Caribbean Tales International Film Festival (7 to 23rd of September) - CTFF 2022 based in Toronto includes both live events and on-demand film content. CTFF 2022 takes place between 7 to 23 September. Please join us as we continue to celebrate established and emerging Caribbean and African Filmmakers. https://caribbeantalesfestival.com/ • Africa vs Caribbean Comedy Clash (Sunday 2nd of October) - The Comedy factory presents AFRICA vs CARIBBEAN COMEDY SHOW CLASH OF THE TITANS. Come out and support your nation in a head to head friendly comedy battle. Celebrating Black history month we bring you some of the biggest names in Afro-Caribbean comedy. https://www.designmynight.com/london/bars/shoreditch/rich-mix/africa-vs-caribbean-comedy-clash • Africa In Fashion Book Launch, September 17) - A conversation with author Ken Kweku Nimo, followed by a Q&A session as well as a screening of Fashioning West Africa’, a documentary by Arieta Mujay-Barg. Africa in Fashion explores the kaleidoscope of craft cultures that have shaped African fashion for centuries and captures the intriguing stories of contemporary and avant-garde African brands. Part One looks at Africa’s rich cultural heritage and place in the network of global fashion. The first chapter retells the history of African fashion, exploring Africa’s textile traditions, artisanship, and role as a global resource. The second chapter presents a New Africa and examines the promise and potential of Africa’s markets while challenging stereotypes and the concept of European hegemony particularly in the realm of luxury fashion. It also spotlights Africa’s unique position as the global industry shifts towards a more sustainable future. Part Two ushers the reader into the spectacular world of African fashion today. It showcases a carefully curated set of the continent’s most dynamic brands and, through interviews with prominent and inspiring designers, offers rare insight into their ethos and design practice. Covering unisex fashion, menswear, womenswear, accessories and jewellery the brands are each purposefully selected to contribute uniquely to the mosaic of Africa’s evolving creative landscape. https://www.africacentre.org.uk/event/africa-in-fashion-book-launch/ • Ther British Blacklists 2022 BFI Film Festival - The 66th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) in partnership with American Express will be presented in cinemas and online, across the UK. Over twelve days from 5 – 16 October, the LFF will return to its fantastic flagship venues in the heart of London –BFI Southbank and the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, which between them host Galas, Special Presentations and Official Competition. Films and series from all strands of the Festival screen in many of central London’s iconic cinemas with a curated selection of features showcased at 10 partner venues across the UK. https://thebritishblacklist.co.uk/the-british-blacklists-2022-bfi-london-film-festival-what-to-watch-list-feature-films/ , London WC2N 5BY BOOKS • Dele Weds Destiny: - Zainab, Funmi and Enitan first meet at University in northern Nigeria, all learning how to become themselves. It's an experience that binds the three very different women together. When Enitan moves to New York to elope with a white man, Zainab and Funmi are left behind, with drastically different fortunes. Over the course of thirty years, their lives and friendships diverge and change. Enitan is separating from her husband, trying to understand her daughter Remi. Zainab finds herself the sole breadwinner for her husband and their four sons. And Funmi is living a life of confined luxury, as the wife of a successful, shady businessman. 4.0 out of 5 Amazon 3.72 out of 5 Goodreads

• Without Warning and Only Sometimes : Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood by Kit de Waal- Her haphazard mother rarely cooked, forbade Christmas and birthdays, worked as a cleaner, nurse and childminder sometimes all at once and believed the world would end in 1975. Meanwhile, her father stuffed barrels full of goodies for his relatives in the Caribbean, cooked elaborate meals on a whim and splurged money they didn't have on cars, suits and shoes fit for a prince. Both of her parents were waiting for paradise. It never came. Caught between three worlds, Irish, Caribbean and British in 1960s Birmingham, Kit and her brothers and sisters knew all the words to the best songs, caught sticklebacks in jam jars and braved hunger and hellfire until they could all escape. WITHOUT WARNING AND ONLY SOMETIMES is a story of an extraordinary childhood and how a girl who grew up in house where the Bible was the only book on offer went on to discover a love of reading that inspires her to this day. 4.2 out of 5 Amazon 4.2 out of 5 Goodreads

PODCASTS • Homegrown - Podcast to inform, inspire & entertain with personal stories of Black expats https://www.instagram.com/homegrownthepodcast/ •The Nerd Alternative - Black British podcast taking a weird and wonderful look into the vast expanse of nerdom, from anime, books, movies, games and TV we cover it all! https://player.fm/series/the-nerd-alternative SOCIAL MEDIA •Lovers of Black Theatre https://twitter.com/luvblktheatre?lang=en-GB •The Black List - British Black Talent https://instagram.com/thebritishblacklist?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= RADIO • Redemption: My Story by Troy Deeney - We meet the three people that influenced Troy’s early life, and learn about his complicated relationship with his father, who was always on the edge of the law. Redemption: My Story by Troy Deeney follows the rise of one of Watford FC’s most successful captains, from an abusive childhood in the outskirts of Birmingham to a career at the top of English Football. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019yvx

FILM/TV • Beast (August 19, 2022) - ABeast is a 2022 American survival thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur from a screenplay by Ryan Engle, based on a story by Jaime Primak Sullivan. The film stars Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Sharlto Copley. Nate Daniels and his two teenage daughters visit a South African game reserve, and must fight to survive when they are stalked by a vicious lion. • The Invitation -The film stars Nathalie Emmanuel and Thomas Doherty. Inspired by the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, the film follows a young woman who, after her mother's death, meets long lost-family members for the first time, only to discover the dark secrets they carry with them. •The Threesome (Saturday 17th) -Nominated at the 2022 American Black Film Festival for Best Narrative Feature, Best Director, and Best Screenplay; The Threesome tells the story of sexually awkward Stacey Johnson who decides to take control of her life, cancel her ex, and conquer her fears by having a threesome with her new beau and a mysterious woman she’s never met. What could possibly go wrong? https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=threesome&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id= Saloum - Shot down after fleeing a coup and extracting a drug lord from Guinea-Bissau, the legendary mercenaries known as the Bangui Hyenas -- Chaka, Rafa and Midnight -- must stash their stolen gold bounty, lay low long enough to repair and refuel their plane and escape back to Dakar, Senegal. When they take refuge at a holiday camp in the coastal region of Sine-Saloum, they do their best to blend in with their fellow guests; including a mute named Awa, with secrets of her own, and a policeman who may be on their tail, but it's Chaka who happens to be hiding the darkest secret of them all. Unbeknownst to the other Hyenas, he's brought them there for a reason and once his past catches up to him, his decisions have devastating consequences, threatening to unleash hell on them all. WHAT AM I PAYING ATTENTION TO? • Real change is more than the colour of the cabinet (Voice Online) -Liz Truss's United Colours government lacks white men at the top but will it tackle structural racism? Maurice Mcleod has his doubts https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2022/09/07/missing-white-men-in-britains-government/ •The rise of Kwarteng, Badenoch and Cleverly must change the face of Labour Michael Eboda, (The Guardian) - For too long, the progressive party has done too little to show its black members they can reach the top. There can be no more excuses. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/08/kwarteng-badenoch-cleverly-labour-black-members •Britain has its first Black chancellor — but don’t make a thing of it He’d much rather be remembered as a reforming chancellor.’ (Politico). LONDON — Britain has its first Black chancellor. And in the modern-day Conservative Party, it's really no big deal. In one of her first acts as British prime minister, Liz Truss picked her longtime friend and close confidante Kwasi Kwarteng to manage the U.K. public finances. An MP since 2010, Kwarteng is a radical free-marketeer and former government business spokesman, born in northeast London to Ghanaian parents. https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-first-black-chancellor-kwasi-kwarteng/ •Olympic swimmer wins fight to reverse ban on cap made for Black hair (Washington Post) - Alice Dearing says she’s relieved, excited in essay titled ‘Finally, there is no “wrong” hair for swimming’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/07/swim-cap-black-hair/ WHAT I AM PERSONALLY RECOMMENDING? 1. Black Girl Baking - Delicious, wholesome recipes. "Black Girl Baking is made for the new-aged baker looking for a place to belong. Jerrelle offers us her unique perspective, stunning imagery and remarkable recipes. After reading her book, I felt inspired to learn something new in the kitchen and inspired to discover something new about myself." 4.7/5 Google reviews https://www.chukuslondon.co.uk/ 2. Hollywood Shuffle - Robert Townsend's group-breaking, self-financed movie about black stereotypes in the film industry.