Emancipation in Suriname and the Dutch Antilles is celebrated every 1 July with Keti Koti. Leading the annual commemoration's procession through Amsterdam, Edmon Ry Sael (he/him) speaks to Chiara Sriram (she/her) about connection to ancestors and the importance of memory. This feature is in The Quick
by TQTB Team, Sep 15, 2025
by TQTB Team, Jul 09, 2025
Genocide continues to wage in the Democratic Republic of Congo for over 30 years. Local creatives strive to build bridges with international collectives to raise awareness of the plight of their displaced communities. Mboko Lopiki (he/him), Artistic Director of Tunga Art Lab in Goma and Luanna Peterson (she/her)
by TQTB Team, Jan 29, 2025
Oral storytelling transmits the echoes of ancestors across generations. African oral tradition has played a pivotal role in preventing the erasure of stories and bloodlines, resonating through history, parables and poetry. Keren Lasme (she/her) shares how oral traditions combine with her practice researching, documenting and uplifting our griots. This
by TQTB Team, Jan 23, 2025
Cairo's 'informal' neighbourhoods face demolition in the name of modernisation with generations of local communities disbanded and re-homed in new residential blocks. Photographer Mohamed Hozyen (he/him) documents the impact on his family as his grandmother faces the continual threat to her home and way
by TQTB Team, Jan 22, 2025
Digging into his family archive, Founder of Midlands-based MIMM Studios and Host of the Our Yard podcast Nate Coltrane Wilson (he/him) reflects on the influential legacy of Sound System Culture on Black British identity, creativity and sound. This article features in The Quick + The Brave Paper Zero: '
by TQTB Team, Jan 21, 2025