A Work In Progress
Visual artist Kesewa Aboah takes us through her mind and world as she explores what it feels like to transform the thoughts in her head into art that lives in the real world.
Out of the Trojan Horse
Breakbeat jungle pioneer Goldie offers photographer Fenn O’Meally his thoughts on what to do when you get behind the gates.
Selected Works: Torishéju
Through deep historical research and imaginative interpretations, garment designer, Torishéju Dumi, bridges the gap between fantasy and reality, in this special edition of “Selected Works”, a bright team of creatives joins her to bring her world or garments and wonder to life.
What Does That Even Mean?
Writer Michael R. Jackson and Citizen senior editor Kevin Quinn question our current use of language and discuss the need for precision in art and contemporary discourse.
Truth is as Strange as “American Fiction”
Writer and director Cord Jefferson in conversation with writer Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Roxane x Numa: The In-Between
In that odd purgatory between the election and election results, two women, meet for the first time to discuss America, sex work, writing, and more—finding what they share and what they know.
Sheila Atim is Falling In Love
Laughing all the way, actress and singer, Sheila Atim talks with novelist Taiye Selasi about Uganda, her path from science to singing to acting, and why she’s having a good time.
A Style Story
New York based, stylist, and cool girl, Becky Akinyode is the personification of self-expression, of “come-with-my-whole-self”. Interpreting a selection of pieces from Burberry, she expresses in clothing and words her own unique fashion story.
To Be Real
Chantal Regnault shares a collection of images capturing the Ballroom scene in an era of purity—untouched by the larger world, real people finding refugee amongst each other.
An Icon In Many Ways
Author, Jeffrey Boakye, asks Ashley Walters questions on fatherhood, music, and a career spanning decades— questions he has waited to ask of a figure rooted deeply in modern British Black culture.
Wardell’s Day
Jelani Cobb remembers the contours of childhood disappointment and contemplates the seeming randomness which determines how a life turns out
