Words of Colour (Archive)

Kristina Kay Robinson is a writer and visual artist from New Orleans, and the co-editor of Mixed Company, a collective of five women writers and… Read more

A war of words: Stefan Adegbola (Charles )and Beatriz Romilly (Chipo). Photo: Richard Lakos Theatre: Arcola Theatre Play: After Independence Playwright: May Sumbwanyambe Director: George… Read more

Home sweet home?: Ben Deery, Rebecca Oldfield, William Troughton, Wole Sawyerr and Gloria Onitiri. Photo: Robert Day Theatre: Richmond Theatre Play: Clybourne Park Playwright: Bruce… Read more

May Sumbwanyambe was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, a year after his parents immigrated to the UK from Zambia. Despite being set for a career in law,… Read more

Fierce loyalty: (l-r) Akash Heer, Lucie Shorthouse, Ashraf Ejjbair, Shalini Peiris and Gary Wood. Photo: Robert Day Theatre: Theatre Royal Stratford East Play: The House… Read more

Book: Chronicles of Zauba’ah Author: Tosin Coker Publisher: N9neformation Price: £12.99 Review by Ronke Lawal Zauba’ah is a N9nth Degree Warrior Scientist of galactic accolade… Read more

Book: Being Dad: Short Stories About Fatherhood Editor: Dan Coxon Publisher: Tangent Books Price: £9.99 Review by Carl Palmer When 15 contemporary writers share untold… Read more

Fact or fiction?: Siu Hun Li (Fake Mao), Stephen Hoo (Fake Mao) and Rebecca Boey (Fake Mao). Photo: Nobby Clark Theatre: Arcola Theatre Play: The… Read more

Game playing: Pepter Lunkuse (Cordelia) and Don Warrington (King Lear). Picture credit: Jonathan Keenan Theatre: Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Play: King Lear Playwright: William Shakespeare… Read more

In the first of a three part series on African sci-fi, self published author Tosin Coker reveals that she had no plans to be a… Read more