If you do not know what The Cocoa Butter Club is, quite frankly, in my opinion, you have been living under a rock. Sadie Sinner, singer, host and founder of The Cocoa Butter Club describes it as “a platform to showcase and celebrate performers of colour, aka non-white performers. Under-representation of bodies of colour is […]
Before the New Year I met up with Brendon Mayanja, a Zimbabwean student currently living in Florida for his studies. We spoke about his style inspirations, issues within the LGBT+ community and other experiences. What are your style inspirations? When I first got into fashion, I found that the people I was looking up to […]
On this episode of #DecadesAZ, we talk about international volunteering, charity work and accepting her sexuality with Tanya Compas The Decades Project is a series focusing on LGBTQAI People of Colour. #DecadesAZ
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with Nemar Parchment, full-time model and London College of Fashion Alumni. We talked about his journey; how he ended up working for Fashion e-commerce powerhouse ASOS; how he’s currently making a living from modelling full-time and the experiences that linked it all together! Where did you grow […]
Speech Debelle first came onto the scene in 2009 with her first album, Speech Therapy which won the prestigious Mercury music prize. Speech Therapy was followed up by Freedom of Speech in 2012, fast forward five years and Speech is back with her third album, Tantil Before I Breathe. We caught up with her to talk […]
Jaevion Nelson is the Director of Projects and Strategy at J-Flag, Jamaica’s oldest LGBT organisation. He also moonlights as a writer, youth development, HIV and Human Rights advocate. AZ: How did you initially get involved with J-Flag? Jaevion: I started working for J-Flag in October 2010, just after I had finished studying Social Development and Communication […]
The talented Chantrelle LeNoir is a visual artist, model, host and public speaker based in New York City. Born in 1993, Chantrelle is a dreamer who expresses herself with every brushstroke. Chantrelle recently hosted her own exhibition, ‘Fearless’ which encapsulated her evolving journey as an artist. This self-taught expressionist uses the female form to express […]
Nneka Onuorah touched down in London last week in lieu of her UK premier of The Same Difference, a documentary that explores the different stereotypes and prejudices in the black lesbian/bisexual community. An eagerly awaited documentary that has been shown in over 80 cities worldwide by way of independent screenings and film festivals, The Same […]
There are times when you and your friends go on a wild holiday, or do something daring and crazy or just have an epic bitch fest and you feel like you’d be great on TV; well that’s what happened when director Brandon Smithson decided to create a docu-series following the lives of him and his close friends. The […]
