One Saturday afternoon I attended a course at S.I.A and subscribed to their mailing list, so that I could be notified of any of their up and coming events. I received a newsletter in June, and I noticed an article regarding volunteers required in July to help with 'Mas Camp'. As I had booked a […]
I have been going to Notting Hill Carnival since I moved to the UK from Brazil in 2003, aged 14, when my family temporarily lived in St Charles Square, right behind Ladbroke Grove. Although carnival is part of my culture I hadn’t experienced it before moving to London, and I never really thought of it […]
I was born here in Luton my parents migrated from Africa. My dad was born in Uganda and moved here when he was 6 years old in 1974 and my mum was born in Tanzania and moved when she was 13 in 1982 I grew up in a very traditional conservative Gujarati family They got […]
Donna Travis I consider myself more a Londoner than 'English' / grew up in Hackney/ Tottenham- Irish grandmother- Street documentarian working across London with a wide range of groups including Yaa Asantewaa and Sunshine International. A range of films, photographic exhibitions and events produced. Currently running @futurehackney - a project documenting social change in East […]