Black British Lives Matter with Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder

This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter –What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain. This week we discuss why Black British Food Matters with Zoe Adjonyoh, founder of Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen and award-winning food journalist Melissa Thompson. Food plays a central role in any society. It carries our culture across generations and holds secrets about our history. We also ask if the food wider society values contains racist overtones, for example why is French cuisine regularly seen as the height of “good cooking” while West African food is rarely mentioned? Find out more about the hosts and guests: Zoe Adjonyohhttps://www.zoesghanakitchen.com/Twitter: @zoeadjonyohInstagram: @zoeadjonyohMelissa Thompsonhttps://www.fowlmouths.co.uk/Twitter: @FowlMouthsFoodInstagram: @fowlmouthsfoodMarcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryderLenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenryhttps://lennyhenry.net/ Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/ Podcast art by FaberMusic by The LethargeesThis podcast is a Faber & Faber production 

This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter –What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain. This week we discuss why Black British Mental Health Matters with the highly acclaimed actor David Harewood and journalist and documentary maker Marverine Cole. With Black Britons four times more likely to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act this is one of the most pressing issues affecting our communities. Our guests talk about the reality behind the shocking stats, their own personal mental health experiences and whether living in Britain is bad for our mental health.Find out more about the hosts and guests: David Harewoodhttps://davidharewood.co.uk/Twitter: @DavidHarewoodInstagram: @davidharewoodDavid Harewood’s BBC Two documentary is ‘Psychosis and Me’Marverine Colehttps://www.marverinecole.co.uk/Twitter: @TVMarvInstagram: @tvmarvMarverine Cole’s BBC Radio 4 documentary is ‘Black Girls Don’t Cry’Marcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryderLenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenryhttps://lennyhenry.net/ Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/ Podcast art by FaberMusic by The LethargeesThis podcast is a Faber & Faber production 

This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter –What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain.This week we discuss one big idea - reparations - paying Black British people, and Black people around the world, for the slavery and colonialism they suffered. Could reparations solve racism once and for all, and how would it eve work? Professor Kehinde Andrews and activist and lawyer, Esther Stanford Xosei join Lenny and Marcus to discuss.Additional reading about reparations recommended in the podcast:Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century by Kehinde AndrewsHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyCapitalism and Slavery by Eric WilliamsSlavery Reparations: The Time is Now by Nora WhitmanEsther Stanford Xosei’s chapter ‘The long road of Pan-African liberation to reparatory justice’ is in Black British History: New Perspectives edited by Hakim Adi  Find out more about the hosts and guests: Kehinde Andrewshttps://www.bcu.ac.uk/social-sciences/about-us/staff/criminology-and-sociology/kehinde-andrewsTwitter: @kehinde_andrewsInstagram: @kehindeandrewsEsther Stanford-Xoseihttps://roape.net/2022/03/10/afrika-and-reparations-activism-in-the-uk-an-interview-with-esther-stanford-xosei/Twitter: @XoseiInstagram: @mzxoseiMarcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryderLenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenryhttps://lennyhenry.net/ Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/ Podcast art by FaberMusic by The LethargeesThis podcast is a Faber & Faber production