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💜 10 Year celebrations - World Afro Day®
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September at Mare Street Market is doing the most.

Roasts arrive in King’s Cross, Stranger Than Paradise keeps Hackney spinning, OVER OVER keeps us moving on Thurs & Fri, Fondea Studios pops up, Parched takes over, World Afro Day® turns 10 and ProperTrek stops by for a very good cause.

There’s a new exhibition on the walls with The Atelier Collective, and yes, Christmas parties are already entering the chat.

Hackney + King’s Cross. Save this one. There’s a lot to get through.

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Grandmas locs is out in Paperback on Thursday 3rd September!

Let’s celebrate together! Author Karen Arthur will host a bedtime read-along LIVE on @grandmaslocs Instagram at 7pm on 3.9.26

There might be a cheeky giveaway too!

This vibrant and joyful book celebrates the beauty of natural Black hair and mixed heritage hair through playful adventures and heartwarming moments between a young boy and his grandmother. It inspires children of all ages to embrace their unique beauty and the special connections that make family truly magical. Grandmas Locs was 2025 winner of the Readers Choice @thediversebookawards

Get your colourful garments or cosy pjs on and join in!
If you have a copy of Grandmas Locs bring it along and read too!

Tell a fren to tell a fren! Let’s mark this milestone in style!

Preorder/buy your paperback copy at all great bookshops now!

#BlackChildrensBooks
#BlackChildrensAuthor
#DiverseChildrensBooks
#GrandmasLocs

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I’m happy to announce that I’m not the same Dammy I was 365 days ago 🙏🏽

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Apparently the Kinda Chic trend is over… but it’s 1st September and I thought I’d have a little look back anyway…

Sometimes we’re so busy chasing the next goal, planning the next move and wondering what’s next, that we forget to stop and look at how far we’ve come.

So, a little reminder to myself of some of the things that once felt like distant possibilities, prayers, and maybe one days… and are now part of my story.

Kinda chic, and kinda proud, and most definitely more than kinda grateful. 🤎✨

Here’s to September, new beginnings and continuing to reach new possibilities!

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🌟 Look What Happens When Children Are Given A Chance To Tell Their Stories! 📚✨

A HUGE congratulations to @iamgabriella21 one of our Books From Children To Children 2025 winners! 🎉👏🏾
When Gabriella entered our competition, she shared her creativity and unique voice with us in her story "One Big Awesome World". The experience inspired her to keep writing, keep creating and keep believing in her voice.

And now… look at her! 🥹📚✨
Gabriella has gone on to release The Refused To Behave Series — THREE different stories, now available on Amazon! 🎉

Through her stories, Gabriella talks about her hair, identity and individuality, celebrating the things that make her unique.

This is why Books From Children To Children exists. We want children to know that their ideas matter. Their imagination matters. Their experiences matter. Their voices matter.

Gabriella's journey is such a beautiful example of how giving children the opportunity to share their creativity can inspire them to take their writing even further. 🌟

Never stop writing. Never stop creating. Never stop telling your story. ✍🏾📖
Children's creativity has NO limits!

GO SUPPORT GABRIELLA & GET HER BOOKS:
📕 Book 1: Amazon
📗 Book 2: Amazon
📘 Book 3: Amazon

Let's show this young author some love! ❤️📚

#BooksFromChildrenToChildren #YoungAuthors #ChildrensCreativity #BlackBritishAuthors #AfroHair

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September of Sober Reflections….
For Unless a Grain of wheal shall fall upon the Ground and DIE, it remains but a SINGLE grain with no LIFE.
Despite our races, ethnicities, religions, nationalities, sexual orientations, social status, we are UNITED IN GRIEF, LOSS…. Indebted to DEATH.

One day DEATH will come knocking for us, ‘mostly at a TIME WE KNOW NOT and as in The Bible book of Ecclesiastes it says
‘Lord Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom’

A man who puts his WIFE FIRST is a HERO, because he understands she is HIS OWN FAMILY. To stay married and in love for 72years…. Wow, I’ve been reflecting a lot on the generations before us, HOW DID THEY STAY IN LOVE, raise large families and BUILD EMPIRES TOGETHER?
Anyways I’m still fine tuning my vocal cords to Sing ‘O Danny Boy’ the traditional Irish goodbye song that female lovers dance for their men who went off… to war.
During the funeral planning meeting the lines I sung evoked tears… from even myself.
#sopranodoctor #irish #catholic #funeral #life

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Throwback to my first time attending @utopiamasuk band at Children’s Day at Notting Hill Carnival @nhcarnivalldn and what an AMAZING experience it was! 🇨🇻🎉

I had so much fun! The music, dancing, incredible costumes, colours, energy and the atmosphere were unforgettable. Being surrounded by so many people celebrating Caribbean and African culture made the whole day feel so special. 💃🏾🥁✨

I was especially proud to be there representing my Cabo Verdean roots 🇨🇻 and @worldafroday , celebrating our beautiful Afro hair, culture, heritage and identity.

I danced, laughed, celebrated and made memories I’ll never forget. This was definitely a day full of JOY! ❤️

Proudly Cabo Verdean. Proudly African. Proud of my roots. 🇨🇻🌍

#NottingHillCarnival #UtopiaBand #capeverde #representationmatters #worldafroday

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Hey guys, I did grew my hair out to Afro hair in 25 months and I do love my bigger Afro hair and I will continue to grow so much longer for a while and next Month is World Afro Day on September 15th to celebrate 10 years! 💜💜💜🪮🪮🪮🪮👨🏾‍🦱👨🏾‍🦱👨🏾‍🦱👨🏾‍🦱👨🏾‍🦱👨🏾‍🦱👨🏾‍🦱👨🏾‍🦱 @worldafroday #afrohair #afrohairgrowth #aforhairgrowthchallenge #growafro #worldafroday

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📚Abraçando nossa Identidade e raízes na riqueza da Feira do Livro das Crianças Pretas @childrensblackbookfair - , um evento que teve a presença de grandiosos nomes da cultura Preta na Diaspora como o legendários Linton Kwesi Johnson que abriu o Evento, também
Michael de Souza - Creador do CBBC Rastamouse
👑Michelle de Leon do @worldafroday
e da rica em uniào da comunidade, compartilhamento da escrita preta das crianças e adolescentes. trazendo histórias, idéias, conhecimento, criatividade da excelência das crianças Pretas e adultos que escrevem para crianças✨️✨️✨️

Não podianos deixar de destacar ✨️✨️✨️
As representantes Palop e Brasileira abrilhataram o evento:

📚✨️ Lauryn @laurynroseteixeira e ✨️Joylen @joylenthewinger filhos da Dr @cristina_cabral_official, criança e adolescente que são inspiração com o pioneirismo na literatura infantil e no empreendedorismo, crianças que trazem e ampliam a excelência preta e inspiram a todos nós👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✨️✨️

📚✨️Nubiah filha da @ms_ellevate que escreveu seu livro e ilustrou aos 7 anos, e a menos de 15 dias iniciou a divulgação dessa riqueza, trazendo a beleza da arte das crianças pretas em ação✨️✨️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

📚✨️Nia @thebramericanddrum
@mariza.ferreira.m que terminou de escrever seu livro trazendo a multicularidade das raízes, entre elas a brasileira 🇧🇷e sendo a primeira criança preta brasileira a lançar um livro infantil em UK, e por isso nós celebramos com muita alegria 🙌🏿👏🏾
Nos representando lindamente 🇧🇷

Gratidão à organização do @childrensblackbookfair @iamjulietcoley @cristina_cabral_official e a todos os envolvidos por trazerem o poder da escrita das crianças, adolescentes pretos

Gratidão as parceiras e irmãs Ans @aquanest.swimming por trazer todo o cuidado e conhecimento sobre o processo de prevençao e de aprendizado na natação e de nos fortalecer, desmitificar o esteriotipo e afirmar sim - de que Preto sabe nadar💦💦💦🩵

Gratidão pela parceria e estar ampliando o poder do black business✨️✨️✨️

Grata Cátia @ms_ellevate pela irmandade e por trazer a força e bravura de que a maternidade preta importa!!

Juntas construimos possibilidades✨️

#afroiduk #childrenblackbookfair

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We are here today! Come and join us for the 3rd children’s book fair! #bookfair

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Join @kemiemmanuel2024 and I at the @childrensblackbookfair

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World Afro Day is barely 1month away.
From 15–17 September 2026, we @worldafroday are doing a three-day street takeover, bringing our 10th celebration to Lower Stable Street, Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross, London.

The CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) is a US law movement started in 2019 to stop race-based hair bias. It bans schools and jobs from punishing people for natural hair styles like braids, locs, and twists.

In my country Nigeria 🇳🇬, the Giant of Africa, and most parts of the African continent how is the hair growing out of our scalp viewed? My hair was full and long in primary 5 , only to see it in clumps on the floor of the barbing saloon, on Faulks road, Aba in 1996. This was part of being prepped to be shipped off to boarding school in Calabar.
For the first time I saw the shape of my skull and all the corners.
I was so shocked that it it wasn’t a SMOOTH GLOBE like in the integrated science textbooks, … but more octagonal.
In school, my gra-gra Aba self, in comparison to the cool of ‘Calabarians’ was always getting into trouble The knocks from senior students resounded and REVEBEREATED each time I let my sharp mouth 👄 go loose. I could talk o, and YES! I can still give a ‘blistering read’. Njakiri and iko-onu is part of Mbaise life…
I’ve still not forgiven the barber, who said as I went for my falling/shaven hair ‘fine girl now breeze and common sense can enter your brain’ 🧠

Why do we still have the heads of our girls going into secondary school under the guise that they will be distracted, but foreign female students are left to grow theirs?
Why do we in some parts of the country shave the heads of widows… in their mourning, let’s further demean them? Do we shave the heads of widowers when their wives die? … or quickly find him a new wife…..
My cover picture is from 10 years ago as a 2nd year GP trainee, in the same surgery/clinic I work now. There was no white hair in sight, now I look like Prof Wole, with more white hair 🧑‍🦳 than my Dad. Stress and wisdom have united in my AFRO.
#sopranodoctor #afro #worldafroday #africa #crownact

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