Case study 15
The Southern African Times
2025 · Newspaper, global African diaspora · Editor-at-Large, UK, Europe and the Americas
A diaspora beat, reported from inside the culture.
I covered global African diaspora stories across culture, identity and innovation, reporting on the intersections of creativity, migration and social impact. Several pieces went viral and were picked up well beyond the paper's usual readership.
- Editor-at-Large
- Journalist
- Interviewer
- Commissioning input
What I led
- The UK, Europe and Americas remit, setting the diaspora agenda for the title.
- Interviews with artists, founders and institutional leaders, including Tiwa Savage, DJ Melzi, Nutty O and Dr. Okito Wedi.
- Opinion and analysis on displacement, race and migration, including Refugees of Privilege.
- On the ground festival and fashion reporting across Boxout Festival, Afri-Fest East and Africa Fashion Week London.
Impact
18
Articles published
3
Regions covered
Viral
Multiple pieces, picked up widely
A published body of work that doubles as evidence of the narrative strategy I sell: culturally fluent, source-led, and able to move a story past its own community.
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