Femi Koleoso Guest-Edits Culture Feature on Hope and Music — SkimNews
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- Femi Koleoso guest-edited the culture section of a Saturday magazine, marking a personal milestone he shared with his father and former English teacher, despite not identifying as a writer or intellectual.
- Femi Koleoso framed hope as a force that bridges pain and joy, citing Letitia Wright’s spoken-word contribution to Ezra Collective’s album Here Because of Hope as a defining expression of renewal after suffering.
- Ezra Collective members highlighted cultural works that inspire hope, including TJ Koleoso selecting The Secret Agent, Joe Armon-Jones praising Rosa Passos’ Recriação, and James Mollison championing KeiyaA’s Hooke’s Law.
- Femi Koleoso emphasized the Southbank Centre’s celebration of steelpan as a powerful moment of intergenerational, multicultural unity in London, calling it a 'best of London' experience during its 75th-anniversary events.
Why it matters: This feature centers Black British and diasporic artistry in a mainstream platform, elevating underrepresented voices like Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr and Brazilian artist Rosa Passos through curation by a rising UK jazz ensemble. The focus on communal joy as resistance to systemic pain shifts the narrative from trauma to creative resilience.
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