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Bonnie Greer

@Bonn1eGreer

Bonnie is a playwright, novelist and critic. She is also the Chancellor of Kingston University

<p>Zephaniah was a critical part of a great upsurge in Black arts, that part of it rooted in the urbanity of Great Britain</p>
Voices

Benjamin Zephaniah was a true Renaissance man

<p>‘This pandemic unleashes honesty – or, at least, it should. And clarity, too’</p>
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The pandemic has taught us that all that really matters is love

David Olusoga delivering the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, 24 August 2020.
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I always had a problem with British TV – David Olusoga showed me why

Demonstrators march against the ‘hostile environment’ last year
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Progressive politics needs black British people more than ever

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The BBC’s poor handling of complaints is down to a hostile Tory party

Liam Neeson appears on ABC News’s ‘Good Morning America’
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My father fled the American South over the threat of racist attacks

Yinka Shonibare in his London studio
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Yinka Shonibare: 'Some kind of global African solidarity is necessary'

Trump rates 0-1 per cent among likely African American voters
Voices

Trump's speech to African American voters wasn't fooling anyone

Mass political rallies are becoming popular both in the US and the UK
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Americans want Donald Trump to be their Saviour

Bonnie Greer
Voices

Weak leadership has let racism surface after Brexit

Muhammad Ali with Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X
Voices

Muhammad Ali was so much more than a 'race' figure

An extraordinary life: the late Steve Jobs in 2008
Reviews

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Rreckless Upstart Into a

Comment

If I were Prime Minister: I would make sure rich people paid to live

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If I were Prime Minister: I would make sure rich people paid to live

Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock, whose expression was coveted by Alex Salmond as a young man (Paramount Pictures)
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Leonard Nimoy: Why Spock the outsider was a hero to me and my friends

Reviews

Pinkoes and Traitors by Jean Seaton, book review: History of the BBC

Reviews

Pinkoes and Traitors by Jean Seaton, book review: History of the BBC

In his need for fame, money, authenticity, truth, sex and drugs, Pryor went all the way to the edge
Reviews

Becoming Richard Pryor by Scott Saul, book review: Magisterial

In his need for fame, money, authenticity, truth, sex and drugs, Pryor went all the way to the edge
Reviews

Becoming Richard Pryor by Scott Saul, book review: Magisterial

Protesters block Spring Street during a protest against the decision of a grand jury not to indict a police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner in Atlanta, Georgia USA
Features

Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy by Darryl Pinckney, book

A demonstrator steps on a graffiti-sprayed American flag during a protest in Oakland, California following the grand jury decision in Ferguson
Comment

Ferguson riots: What was Michael Brown's cause of death? Being black

David Miliband embraces Ed after his leadership win
Comment

No, Ed Miliband isn’t slick and he doesn’t pose in the pub with a

Lesley McSpadden, left, is comforted by her husband, Louis Head, after her son, was shot
Comment

Bonnie Greer: Will the wound of racism ever heal in America?

Do these Vines show the 'institutional racism' of America's convenience stores?
Comment

We used to have to explain what it meant to 'be black'

Nadine Gordimer visiting the Alexandra township in 1986 to lay wreaths at the graves of victims of political unrest
Features

Nadime Gordimer appreciation: She was a champion of freedom

Maternal bond: the playwright Bonnie Greer recounts fond memories of her mother and growing up in Chicago in her new book, ‘A Parallel Life’
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‘A Parallel Life’ by Bonnie Greer: A tale about mother courage

On the button: Bonnie Greer
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Bonnie Greer: 'TV needs to wake up to minorities or end up in a

Nadine Gordimer visiting the Alexandra township in 1986 to lay wreaths at the graves of victims of political unrest
Features

Nadime Gordimer appreciation: She was a champion of freedom

Maternal bond: the playwright Bonnie Greer recounts fond memories of her mother and growing up in Chicago in her new book, ‘A Parallel Life’
Features

‘A Parallel Life’ by Bonnie Greer: A tale about mother courage

On the button: Bonnie Greer
Features

Bonnie Greer: 'TV needs to wake up to minorities or end up in a

Home News

Young, gifted and black: Meet Britain's rising stars

Home News

Young, gifted and black: Meet Britain's rising stars

Reviews

The Master Butcher's Singing Club by Louise Erdrich

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Wrapped in Rainbows: the life of Zora Neale Hurston, by Valerie Boyd

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