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Steve Biko: Political Blackness Wasn't Confusion — It Was Strategy

Jonah Batambuze

Aug 5, 20253 min read

Jayaben Desai standing defiantly during the 1976 Grunwick strike in London, wearing a sari and holding a picket sign, with police lined up in the background. Text reads: 'She Fought In a Sari. And Shook The System. Jayaben Desai 1933–2010. Dignity. Power. Refusal.' Image by BlindianProject.

Jayaben Desai standing defiantly during the 1976 Grunwick strike in London, wearing a sari and holding a picket sign, with police lined up in the background. Text reads: 'She Fought In a Sari. And Shook The System. Jayaben Desai 1933–2010. Dignity. Power. Refusal.' Image by BlindianProject.

Jayaben Desai: She Fought In a Sari. And Shook The System.

Jonah Batambuze

Aug 3, 20252 min read

Black and white image of Roy Sawh, an Indo-Caribbean man wearing dark sunglasses and a suit, raising one arm as if mid-speech or protest. Text overlaid reads: “Indo-Caribbean by birth. Pan-African by conviction.” Below the image, it says: “Roy Sawh (1928–2000). Guyanese. Socialist. Pan-Africanist.”

Black and white image of Roy Sawh, an Indo-Caribbean man wearing dark sunglasses and a suit, raising one arm as if mid-speech or protest. Text overlaid reads: “Indo-Caribbean by birth. Pan-African by conviction.” Below the image, it says: “Roy Sawh (1928–2000). Guyanese. Socialist. Pan-Africanist.”

Roy Sawh: The Indo-Caribbean Activist Who Fought for Black x Brown Solidarity

Jonah Batambuze

Jul 29, 20252 min read

Pio Pinto: Killed For Believing Black Freedom Was His Fight Too

Pio Pinto: Killed For Believing Black Freedom Was His Fight Too

Pio Pinto: Killed For Believing Black Freedom Was His Fight Too

Jonah Batambuze

Jul 15, 20251 min read

Femme Infrastructure

Femme Infrastructure

Femme Infrastructure

Jonah Batambuze

Jul 2, 20253 min read

Art Basel 2025: The Hands of Gods Debut

Art Basel 2025: The Hands of Gods Debut

Art Basel 2025: The Hands of Gods Debut

Jonah Batambuze

May 21, 20252 min read

Rewriting the Global Story from the Margins – BlindianProject

Rewriting the Global Story from the Margins – BlindianProject

Rewriting the Global Story from the Margins – BlindianProject

Jonah Batambuze

May 10, 20252 min read

Gratitude Doesn’t Pay the Bills, but I’m Still Thankful.

Gratitude Doesn’t Pay the Bills, but I’m Still Thankful.

Gratitude Doesn’t Pay the Bills, but I’m Still Thankful.

Jonah Batambuze

Mar 24, 20254 min read

Isabella Mascarenhas wearing glasses and a black hoodie, raising one finger thoughtfully in front of a tropical wallpaper background.

Isabella Mascarenhas wearing glasses and a black hoodie, raising one finger thoughtfully in front of a tropical wallpaper background.

Uncomfortable Truths: Confronting Anti-Blackness

Jonah Batambuze

Mar 14, 20253 min read

The Things We Leave Behind

The Things We Leave Behind

The Things We Leave Behind

Jonah Batambuze

Mar 12, 20258 min read

Representation Requires Accountability

Representation Requires Accountability

Representation Requires Accountability

Jonah Batambuze

Feb 25, 20251 min read

A YELLOW REBELLION

A YELLOW REBELLION

A YELLOW REBELLION

Jonah Batambuze

Feb 18, 20255 min read

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