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Inside out. • DERREN LAWFORD HAS BUILT HIMSELF AN ENVIABLE ROLE IN TV AND FILM – ONE THAT HE’S NOT ABOUT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED. AND ONE THAT HE DOES EVERYTHING HE CAN TO ENSURE THOSE COMING BEHIND HIM WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCEL IN TOO. HE REVEALS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT FOR ALL PEOPLE OF COLOUR WHO’VE FOUND SUCCESS IN THEIR CHOSEN INDUSTRIES TO DO THE SAME

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Books. • COMMUNITY-DRIVEN LATEST AND GREATEST READS.

INTERVIEW

Podcasts. • “HOW YOUR FAVOURITE INFLUENCERS MAY BE KEEPING YOU BROKE” AND “JAPANESE INTERNMENT” ARE TWO OF THE VARIED TOPICS EXPLORED THIS MONTH

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Film. • A SELECTION OF BLACK AND PAN-AFRICAN THEMED MOVIES THAT COVER CONTROVERSIAL AND COMPLEX ISSUES

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Painting outside the lines. • NO LONGER JUST FOR THE BOYS, STREET ART IS BEING HARNESSED BY PIONEERING WOMEN TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR AUTONOMY AND INDIVIDUALITY WITHIN MALE-DOMINATED SOCIETIES

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Boxing factory. • FUELLED BY THE NATIONAL SPORT OF ASAFO ATWELE (GROUP FIGHTING), YOUNG GHANAIANS GO FIST-TO-FIST FOR A CHANCE OF GLORY AND A WAY OUT OF A LIFE OF HARDSHIP

Guardians of the land. • IN THE BLISTERING SONORAN DESERT A GROUP OF WOMEN ARE DETERMINED TO PROTECT THEIR SACRED LAND AND CUSTOMS

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Lives on loan. • THE HUMAN LIBRARY HAS BEEN POPULATING ITS SHELVES WITH AN EVER MORE DIVERSE RANGE OF THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND ENLIGHTENING STORIES FOR OVER TWO DECADES. FOUNDER RONNI ABERGEL REVEALS WHY HE WAS DRIVEN TO CURATE THIS COLLECTION – AND WHY SO MANY ARE COMPELLED TO READ THEM

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Everybody grills. • NO LONGER THE PRESERVE OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS, VICTORIA GILL LOOKS AT THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF GRILLZ TODAY

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Up, up and Away. • FUTURISTIC TOKYO IS THE CITY THAT NEVER SLOWS. BUT LOOK BEYOND THE SKYSCRAPERS AND ENDLESS SHOPPING MALLS AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT WHAT ELSE YOU MIGHT FIND

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Shining a light. • THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS PROUD TO BE – SOMETHING NEW BEACON BOOKS HAS BEEN CHAMPIONING SINCE IT FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO