The Curse of Venezuela’s Black Gold
Virginia Lopez, a leading commentator on Venezuelan affairs, once said, “Oil is Venezuela’s lifeline”. Considering Venezuela’s current turmoil, I question the extent to which that is true. I question whether…
Ghosts, Ghouls & Revolution
Ghost of Haiti takes place in a purgatory France. A freed Haitian slave tears out the white tricolour from the French flag (representing the white slave-owners), and stitches the red…
Mandem Don’t Cry 2.0
At our latest event we sold out the Arnolfini with a powerful open discussion about the complexities of masculinity. Following the success of our previous event, we wanted to continue the…
3 Bristol Emcees to Watch
Splitz P is a talented songwriter from St Pauls and has been a prolific musical talent in Bristol for years. Alongside rap, he also has a great singing voice. He sings choruses…
Black Panther: good or evil?
“Black Panther is a deeply evil film. It dangles the idea of global black liberation in front of you, paints that as villainous, then ends in an orgy of the…
Africa Needs You
Last month I visited Sudan for the first time in six years. Sudan is the birthplace of my mother and father, as well as the rest of my family. In…
Callan Allen tells us about his new feature film
Last month we caught up with Callan Allen about his latest project, Clued Up. Callan is from Croydon and at the young age of 17-years-old, he has already written and produced his…
Introducing Che Lingo
Che Lingo set Exchange on fire last Monday. Prior to the show, I did not know much about talented up-and-comer Che Lingo but now that I have witnessed him live, I…
Are we too easily offended?
We were invited down to SOAS last Friday to host a discussion on social outrage and thresholds of offence. It is not uncommon to hear the phrase “PC culture gone…