For journalists, producers and editors looking for informed commentary
Commentary from someone who has operated inside the story.
Talent agent, cultural brand strategist and chief executive of a live entertainment company with 22 years of operating history. I comment on the creative economy, African music and touring, cultural marketing, migration and displacement, drawing on work already cited by the UN, UNESCO and the UK Parliament.
Fast turnaround for deadline work. Broadcast-ready, remote or in studio, with headshots, bios and figures available in the media kit.
Featured in
Recent appointment
Editor-at-Large, The Southern African Times
Editorial vision and cultural coverage across the UK, Europe and the Americas, reporting on the global African diaspora through culture, identity and innovation. Several of the pieces went viral.
Read the archivePress archive
Every feature, linked to the original.
Interviews, reported features, documentaries and long-form conversations, from the Ukraine evacuation coverage through to culture and business today.
Podcast appearances
The long-form conversations.
Where the full story gets told: displacement, crisis leadership, and building a career in live culture.
Broadcast and presenting
On air every week.
TIRIPANZE on Radio2Funky every Friday with DJ Wardy, and Mom, Can You Not?, the podcast I host with my Zimbabwean mum. Both live on their own page, with every episode watchable there.
Broadcast and presenting
SpeakingBooking me for a stage?
Talks, workshops, panels and hosting live on their own page, with the topics, the stages already delivered and the speaker pack ready to download.
Speaking & bookingsEnquiries
Press and media enquiry.
Interviews, commentary, expert quotes and documentary contributions.