On this episode, Akinseye takes us on a vibrant journey into the birth of Sound Café, an upcoming live African music series of events that will become a Sheffield staple

Migration Matters Festival will return to Sheffield from 14th to 22nd June with Grammy nominees as headliners. The UK’s biggest Refugee Week event has attracted growing audiences and bigger artists year on year.

On Thursday, November 2nd 2023, Voluntary Action Sheffield hosted its Community Awards at Sheffield's Cutlers Hall. The awards celebrated the collective spirit, outstanding achievements, and unwavering resilience that define the city's community.

Odd Child Productions presents a day of pop-up Black Cinema in the historic Fly Tower at The Abbeydale Picturehouse. Join us as we screen four films throughout the day with a special evening screening of Passing the Baton: The Legacy of the Windrush Pioneers a documentary film exploring the legacy of the Windrush pioneers and their impact on Sheffield’s cultural landscape. This will be followed by a short discussion with a group of artists and creatives connected to and influenced by the pioneering Windrush elders.

Change the Word Sheffield will launch their new anthology “The Weight of Feathers” at a poetry café in Sheffield on 23rd April. Diyo joins us to speak about the event and about the group which is a poetry collective of people newly arrived and people who have lived in the city all their lives.

Roots Mbili Theatre has been established by friends John Rwoth-Omack, Sam Holland and Smart Banda. and is launching with their play “Far Gone” at Sheffield Theatres from 17th to 26th February.

Danaë Wellington, founding Artistic Director of Nyara School of Arts discusses their upcoming film “Passing the Baton – The Legacy of the Windrush Pioneers.”

It’s Black History Month and British-Nigerian creative Ibejii speaks to Tchiyiwe Chihana about his Afro-soul music, Nigerian SARS protests, Covid19 and the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement in recent months.