The best bits from Lagos to London
+ a little in between
Curated by IvyMunro.com

On 10th September, Common is bringing his ‘Let Love’ Tour to London’s Shepherds Bush Empire. While you’re waiting though, you may wish to pick up his best-selling, recent memoir ‘Let Love Have the Last Word’, where he gets deeply personal about his relationship with his daughter, his desire to be a husband and the abuse he suffered as a child.

Letters Live is a celebration of the enduring power of literary correspondence. Each show features a different set of performers who read remarkable letters, centuries old, from all over the world (and you never know who'll take the stage or what letter they'll bring to life). In this particular performance, you’ll get to hear powerful letters from events in Black history. Letters Live takes place on 14th September.

Jennifer, a British Ghanaian goes to the Ghana for the first time and while staying there with her Aunt Barbara and cousin Derek, she noticed how harshly their young house maid Efua was being treated and that didn’t sit well with her.

If you’re familiar with the ‘Dope Black Dads’ podcast (which we featured last year), then you might be pleased to know they’ve released a sister series ‘Dope Black Mums’ - a digital safe space discussing the issues that matter, sharing parenting advice and nurturing sisterhood.