Joy Francis thanks R&B singer-songwriter Estelle for speaking out about the lack of black British musicians being promoted.
Madhvi Ramani praises Random, the latest play from debbie tucker green that taps into a growing crisis – random violence.
Writer and performance poet Nick Makoha explains why his creative drive led to him give up a career in biochemistry.
Loraine Martins of the Olympic Delivery Authority shares her experience of having dinner with living legend Angela Davis.
The winners of the Words of Colour writing competition picked up their awards at the Business Design Centre in London.
Joy Francis interviews the two still stunned winners of the first Words of Colour Short Story Writing Competition 2007 and discovers they share the exact same hobbies.
January/February 2008
Winning ways
In December last year, Words of Colour ran its first short story writing competition. The entries came from around the country and the standard was high. In the end, the four judges (Sailesh Ramakrishnan, Susan Yearwood, Andrea Enisuoh and Courttia Newland) had to reach a decision. They did, naming Ola Awonubi the winner with The Pink House and Mahsuda Shah runner up with The Most Beautiful Gesture. In this month’s interview section we find out what makes them tick creatively and read their winning entries.
Interview with winner - Ola Awonubi
Read her story - The Pink House
Interview with runner up Mahsuda Shah
Read her story - The Most Beautiful Gesture
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Happy winners: Ola Awonubi (l) and Mahsuda Shah (r).
Winners Ola and Mahsuda with two of the competition’s four judges, Sailesh Ramakrishnan and Andrea Enisuoh.
Ola and Mahsuda with Joy Francis, Words of Colour Co-founder and online editor.
Award winning playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals why Pakistan, Sweden and Israel want to adapt his plays and why Bob Marley is on his mind.
Meet the winners of Words of Colour’s first writing competition Ola Awonubi and Mahsuda Shah and discover what they share in common.
