by Ngaio Anyia | Sep 18, 2019 | Events, Journal, Music
One day to go until #blackbird is in the world… This song has been inside me since I realised at 5 years old that people weren’t looking at me the same as they were looking at my mum. The first time in Wales I was asked if opened my banana the way...
by Ngaio Anyia | Apr 11, 2017 | Culture, Interview, Music
“I could count on my hand the amount of people of colour I’d played with in the past 35 years… That’s not good.” Fresh off the phone from BBC Radio 4, Chi-chi Nwanoku walked me through her mission to champion change and celebrate diversity...
by Ngaio Anyia | Apr 11, 2017 | Culture, Music Reviews, Reviews
‘I want black and minority ethnic musicians to walk on stage and know they belong’ After speaking to Chi-Chi Nwanoku I was more than a little excited to watch Chineke! Orchestra playing music by Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint...