Black Lives Natter

BLN-LIVE ⁠SpeakEasy Po'Jam⁠ July Launch at Theatre Deli hosted by Eljai Morais with Guest Appearances from Lady IP & Tweng, Tweng and Open Mic performances by Arela, Lizzie A, Warda & Samra.  ⁠ARTIST INFO⁠ Samples are: ⁠Bernadine Evaristo⁠ ⁠Bob Marley⁠ ⁠Muhammed Ali⁠ ⁠Stormzy⁠ ⁠Emma Dabiri⁠ Sound engineering and composition Arif Salih. With thanks to ⁠Theatre Deli⁠ for giving us space.  We dedicate this podcast to the memory of #SoniaMassey #DoNotForgetHerName #BlackLivesMatter

Hey don't you know theres' a steady beat every month with some reggae icons and lived in experienced..

Black Women's Wellness host and creator Christine Dean tackles the little-discussed issue of Black Women and their propensity to suffer from Chronic Stress. This week's episode focuses on ‘Black Women, Burnout and its impact on their mental health'. The  episodes special guest is Lillian Lartey, a De-stress & Wellness Coach. Lillian helps overworked black women business owners and workplace professionals live and work from a position of calm, rest, peace, balance and spaciousness. 

Black Lives Natter host and creator Eljai Morais talks to author and historian Stephen Bourne about his work and life, writing, history, Black British historical figures, first person testimony, and white allyship. With thanks to Southwark Playhouse for gifting the recording space.

Black Women's Wellness founder and host Christine Dean welcomes back to the studio at a new location in New Malden, Pam Parks and Eileen Bellot to continue their earlier conversation. Recorded on the morning of London Pride, Christine, Eileen and Pam consider menopausal data on healthcare for black and global majority women, self-advocacy, education, awareness and activism through shared experience and conversation. For full details on the guests please listen to Menopause Part 1. Thanks to Nick Markam for gifted studio space and Arif Salih and Sound Production. Any links or resources mentioned in the podcast can be found on blacklivesnatter.co.uk

Black Women's Wellness Host and Creator Christine Dean has a robust roundtable conversation about ‘Managing Menopause in the Workplace.' BWW guests are Pamela Parkes and Eileen Bellot. Pamela is an award-winning Executive Director at Essex CC, specialising in People & Transformation, including menopause policy and workplace initiatives. Eileen is a writer, director, public speaker, Artistic Director of QuestLife, and the pioneer of a GLA-funded project exploring menopause as a rite of passage. Black Womens Wellness is recorded at Theatre Deli London a community arts venue, any background noise is just that, community and artistic life happening in the moment, and as so is at the heart of Black Lives Natter's ethos of 'Community, Creativity & Conversation.' Links and resources to the episode can be found on the Black Lives Natter website

Trigger Warning: Discussion surrounding racism, mental health, domestic and child abuse, abortion or child loss. In the first podcast of 2023, Black Lives Natter Host and Creator Eljai Morais talks to Lynette Linton & Daniel Bailey (Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director at Bush Theatre) about writing, theatre & film directing, what it means to be Black British, working with Sir Lenny Henry and current and upcoming projects. 

Trigger Warning: Discriminatory language used in the spoken word piece that some may find offensive. Black Lives Natter host and Creator Eljai Morais talks to performer, poet, theatre-maker, and retired sword-swallower Livia Kojo Alour. Livia discusses her experiences of being Black and growing up in Germany, health, art, and her new upcoming show, 'Black Sheep.' Livia also performs a poem from her collection, 'Rising of the Black Sheep.'

Trigger Warning: Explicit Content about Sexual Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Suicide, & Trauma. Black Lives Natter creator hosts BLN-LIVE a celebration of Black British talent. Join Eljai and Spoken Word Artists Delilah Tahiri, Florence Reid & Tianna Arnold along with Resident Singer/Songwriters Leela and Amaziah Rose for July's Survivors edition of BLN-LIVE at Bush Theatre. Amaziah What Hurts You so Much & Black Coffee Delilah Tits Eljai 1973 Florence Tek it Bak Tianna Survivor Leela Black Whispers & Reunion

Trigger Warning. Explicit Content about Race, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, and Trauma. Black Lives Natter host and Creator Eljai Morais talks to Roz Etwaria at BLN-LIVE in an interview with a live audience at Bush Theatre London. Roz is the founder of Littlero, she is a light through the storm, her passion is both contagious and inspiring, activist, educator, Victim/Survivor Roz advocate lead at Traumascapes, and ambassador for Survivors Voices. Roz campaigns for the rights of victim-survivors of child sexual assault and abused people. She has studied trauma through Black history, Feminism, and Abuse, and Roz has spoken to audiences worldwide on hope and healing.

Trigger Warning Explicit Content and Adult Material. Discussions on Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Acts. Discriminating language. Host and Creator Eljai Morais has a natter to Comedian and Playwright Archie Maddocks about life, comedy, cancel culture, the power of laughter, Truth to the Power,  Veganism and creating the perfect Black Frankenstein. 

Host and Creator Eljai Morais has a natter to Omar Austin, Actor, Writer, Spoken Word Artist and new BLN-LIVE Resident about life, creativity the craft, drama schools, and being a positive Black role model for young people.

Black Lives Natter Host and Creator Eljai has a natter to Singer/Songwriter Leela about life, mental health and her musical trajectory thus far.

Black Lives Natter Host and Creator Eljai Morais has a natter with Christine Dean, former Family Lawyer and Deputy Leader of the Women's Equality Party about her work, her recent campaign trail for Waltham Forest and Hale local elections, her advocacy for Black Women's Health including, her involvement with the 'Dying to Give Birth' Campaign and the upcoming WEP March on the Met.

Black Lives Natter host and creator talks to Khadifa Wong, the Director of Somebody Jones' play 'Black Women Dating White Men' she is joined by the cast and creatives and has a natter about the creative process, race, lived experience, verbatim theatre, Zoom performances, their characters, live at rehearsals at Theatre Deli Studios London.

Black Lives Natter host Eljai Morais has a chat to Amaziah Rose about joining BLN-LIVE as a resident, life, music and shares stories, she also sings her new release Black Coffee. Recorded at Theatre Deli London. Sound production and editing Arif Salih.