What if dance could dismantle oppression? Artists Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira have spent years collaborating and developing choreographic methods to challenge the very structures that constrain bodies through race, sexuality, and gender. Their latest work, “Repertório No. 1”, interrogates the widespread societal violence enacted on black bodies and imagines how to create a future where the body can become a space of protection against the mechanisms of brutality.

Meet Priya Ragu, a Sri Lankan-Tamil singer-songwriter bringing her blend of second generation musical innovations to a global stage.

Africa has made waves in society by presenting a rejection to woke culture and binary thinking, which has echoed globally as seen in ITV, BBC Radio One, BBC Radio 4, BBC Sounds, and acclaimed podcasts such as Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO and The Jordan B Peterson podcast.

It is an afternoon in London as Africa jolts her infectious smile over Zoom, and the warmest inviting “Hello darling!” as she opens up to talk about how society is constantly decentering human authenticity by enforcing collective thinking and rigid societal standards.

Katayoun Jalilipour is a writer, performer and lecturer that knows all about putting on a performance.