by Ngaio Anyia | Aug 22, 2018 | Hair, Inclusion & Diversity, Reviews
This week I declined the invitation to play at an upcoming festival that I’d been invited down to review for Bristol 24/7 last year. Due to a sense of loyalty to the organisers I allowed myself to be silenced after an occurrence with security but after being...
by Ngaio Anyia | Aug 17, 2018 | Journal
I’m absolutely gutted to say that I won’t be able to attend Boomtown Fair to open the Poco Loco stage at Chapter 10 this year due to unforeseen circumstances. I’ve been looking forward to this show all year and I feel like opening that stage, my...
by Ngaio Anyia | Aug 16, 2018 | Inclusion & Diversity
Following on from my thankful list made in Committing To A Multi-Hyphen Life I want to go into a bit more detail on each of the points I made – starting with my role working as Inclusion Officer with Artspace Lifespace and The Invisible Circus. Over the...
by Ngaio Anyia | Aug 1, 2018 | Journal, Music
The Queen has left us, Miss Aretha Franklin. Aretha you did so much for me you’ll never know. You showed me what it was to be black and proud growing up in a tiny town with not another brown face in sight. You taught me to sing You taught me RESPECT You taught...