“When people didn’t recognise us, we recognised ourselves”, stated Sir Steve McQueen as he accepted his Inspiration Award at the MOBO Awards last week. Although his words perfectly encapsulate what the ceremony represents, they also held a deeper meaning - summing up the Black experience in 2020 whilst giving viewers a window into how many have been living their entire lives. Driven by culture, community and creativity: the MOBOs seeks to uplift entertainment inspired by and

Communicating through shaky a Zoom connection, we begin by exchanging names and pleasantries that fall far from genuine. Given the gravity of recent socio-political events, there is an air of helplessness from either side of the screen. After Manny answers “yeah, I’m good”, in the most halfhearted of tones, I feel the urge to ask a question as a fellow Nigerian rather than an interviewer: I'm asking like for real, how are you? How am I? I'm tired. I am heartbroken, I am confu

It sounds more mystical than intended when you say that you’re the kind of person who goes off of vibes, but it doesn’t make it any less true. From the moment we started talking, I could feel intuitively that we were on the same frequency. The first thing JaJa and I discussed, in typical British fashion, was the weather and we both expressed a desire to go back to Nigeria so we can enjoy the climate over there. I’m not sure which one of us it was, but the movement #ENDSARS wa